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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. What reason does Nana cite for the need to get more money coming into the household?
(a) Nana's social security payments will soon be cut off.
(b) The water bill is going up.
(c) The heating bill is going up.
(d) Sebastian will soon need money for a new soccer uniform.

2. The first time Sebastian hears punk rock music, what simile does he use to describe the sound inside his head?
(a) Like a chainsaw.
(b) Like a bomb.
(c) Like a can opener.
(d) Like a mushroom cloud.

3. What does Jared say is responsible for the scar on his chest?
(a) Spleen surgery.
(b) Heart transplant surgery.
(c) An appendectomy.
(d) A tiger attack.

4. What fact does Sebastian discover about Buckminster Fuller when he realizes he can see through the portions of the biography that Nana has blacked out?
(a) He had been romantically involved with Nana.
(b) He had spent a lot of time in brothels.
(c) He had earned a college degree at the age of twelve.
(d) He had been a con man.

5. What is the only word Sebastian recognizes from the first punk song Jared ever plays for him?
(a) Rage.
(b) Girlfriend.
(c) Maggots.
(d) Anarchy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jared's answer when Sebastian asks him for theories about whether Sid had stabbed Nancy or not?

2. What brand of cigarettes does Jared smoke?

3. What lie does Sebastian tell Nana when he returns from his first visit to the Whitcombs' house?

4. 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?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What aspect of the distraction Jared decides to provide while Sebastian steals the bass is so cruel to Janice and why?

3. What is the significance of the framed photographs of the dome that Nana and Sebastian sell in their gift shop?

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

5. What reason does Jared give for naming Napoleon as the first punk rocker?

6. What is the first question Jared asks Sebastian after he is told that Sebastian may sound funny to others since he hardly ever leaves the dome?

7. What is the significance of Sebastian's secret password for the computer in the dome?

8. What does Sebastian notice affixed to Jared's Mp3 player when Janice is driving him away from the hospital and what does it signify?

9. How do Nana's past predictions about Sebastian's path contrast with her pronouncements about him after her stroke?

10. What is the significance of Sebastian's online search for information about Sid Vicious?

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