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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Buckminster Fuller thought that the largest problem with the planet Earth was that it did not come with what?
(a) An instruction booklet.
(b) A maid.
(c) A caretaker.
(d) An implosion button.

2. According to Nana, the universe is sending a certain thing to people every day. What does she say the universe is sending?
(a) Puzzles to solve.
(b) Energy.
(c) Creative inspiration.
(d) Signals.

3. What denomination is the church to which the Whitcomb family belongs?
(a) Unitarian.
(b) Catholic.
(c) Lutheran.
(d) Methodist.

4. In what town do Sebastian and Nana live?
(a) North Branch.
(b) South Branch.
(c) West Branch.
(d) East Branch.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sebestian tell the record store clerk that convinces the clerk to sell Sebastian a CD normally restricted from purchase by minors?

2. When Sebastian receives an email from Jared after his first visit to the Whitcombs' house, what does Jared write that he will do if Sebastian ever tries to touch him again?

3. Nana tells Sebastian that an education means knowing how to do what?

4. What does Jared call Janice when she asks Jared if he has played his electric guitar for Sebastian?

5. What is Sebastian's father doing in the only photograph of him that Sebastian has ever seen?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sebastian notice about Nana's clothing just before her stroke?

2. What comments of Sebastian's upon his first visit to Jared's house infuriate Jared and cause him to lash out at Sebastian?

3. What does Sebastian say he used to require from Nana in order to be able to fall asleep and what is its significance?

4. How do Nana's first comments to Sebastian in the hospital foreshadow coming events?

5. What is the significance of Buckminster Fuller's suicide attempt?

6. How does Janice's invitation to stay for lunch serve as a major turning point in Sebastian's life?

7. How do Sebastian's train of simple postscripts in his emails to Jared intrigue and draw Jared in to a friendship?

8. What character traits of Jared's are displayed during the scene of Nana's stroke before the ambulance arrives?

9. What is the significance of Sebastian's first experience in a record store?

10. Explain the Guiding Principles according to Buckminster Fuller's philosophy of life.

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