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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Nana is allowed to go home after three days in the hospital, what are her first words to Sebastian after she calls his name in the night?
(a) "I am yours" (30).
(b) "Your parents would be proud" (30).
(c) "Carry on without me" (30).
(d) "You are mine" (30).

2. One of Buckminster Fuller's guiding principles says, "I will forge my journey" in a particular way "to keep accepting and totally boneheaded notions from blinding me to truth" (7). What is that the particular way the principle says one's journey should be forged?
(a) Without pause.
(b) Alone.
(c) With others.
(d) Fearlessly.

3. What drink does Sebastian experience for the first time to accompany his first grilled cheese sandwich ever?
(a) A grape soda.
(b) A ginger ale.
(c) A strawberry soda.
(d) A cola.

4. What happens to cut the first youth group meeting short?
(a) Jared throws up.
(b) The Bible study group shows up early.
(c) Meredith gets caught making out with a boy.
(d) The curtains catch on fire.

5. What vision does Nana have when she is attuned to the signals of a Greater Intellect?
(a) A geoscope.
(b) A gyroscope.
(c) A kaleidoscope.
(d) A hexagonal abode.

6. For what purpose do the Whitcombs arrive at Sebastian and Nana's house the first time they come?
(a) As part of a cleaning crew.
(b) To take photographs for the local newspaper.
(c) As tourists.
(d) To sell homeowners' insurance.

7. What does Nana hope her modification of the geodesic dome will achieve?
(a) It will remind others about the relationship between plants and animals.
(b) It will remind others about the relationship between animals and humans.
(c) It will remind others about the relationship between God and the universe.
(d) It will remind others about the relationship between humans and Earth.

8. When Sebastian first decides to disobey Nana by learning about punk rock music online, what subject does he continue to study across the room between web searches?
(a) Algebra.
(b) Trigonometry.
(c) Geometry.
(d) Calculus.

9. What brand of cigarettes does Jared smoke?
(a) American Spirits.
(b) Camels.
(c) Marlboros.
(d) Lucky Strikes.

10. What does Janice do when she drops off Sebastian at the dome for the first time that makes Sebastian wonder how often other families touch each other?
(a) Shakes his hand.
(b) Kisses his cheek.
(c) Hugs him.
(d) Puts a hand on his shoulder.

11. Sebastian tells the reader that when he was five years old, the only way he could fall asleep was if what action was being done?
(a) If Nana's hand was on his back.
(b) If he had a picture of his deceased parents near him.
(c) If he was bedding down on the back porch.
(d) If music was playing.

12. What term does Sebastian use to refer to his instrument in the band that prompts Jared to tell him never to call it that again?
(a) Axe.
(b) Electric banjo.
(c) Bass.
(d) Bass guitar.

13. What object is present in the framed photographs of Nana and Sebastian's house that Sebastian says no one ever notices unless he points it out?
(a) A bird.
(b) An American flag.
(c) A sock.
(d) A trash can.

14. When Jared is mean to Sebastian during their first visit at Jared's house and Sebastian tries to leave, what stops him?
(a) Jared's apology.
(b) Jared's admission about the source of his room's smell.
(c) A rainstorm.
(d) Janice's offer of grilled cheese sandwiches.

15. In what state do Nana and Sebastian live?
(a) Idaho.
(b) Arkansas.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) Iowa.

Short Answer Questions

1. What question does Sebastian write on his note card during the youth group activity?

2. Sebastian says that when he was young, Nana would tell him that they lived inside what kind of object?

3. In Buckminster Fuller's most famous quote about religion, what had he said about God?

4. What is different about Sebastian and Nana's home in relation to the other homes in town?

5. What kind of plan does Sebastian tell Jared he has when he sends an email accepting Jared's offer to a position in Jared's band?

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