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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the song Jared tries to listen to at least once a day?

2. Sebastian tells Jared that his late father used to cut the lawn with what object?

3. What night of the week does Sebastian realize that he has inadvertently made plans with both Meredith and Jared for the same night?

4. In order to get Janice off her case, what does Meredith say she has been staying up late doing?

5. What is the name of the newspaper that runs a less than flattering story about the geodesic dome?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sebastian apply his understanding of sorting to his and Jared's efforts within the songwriting process?

2. What is Jared's reaction to Sebastian catching Meredith when Sebastian catches her after her fall from the balance beam and why?

3. What does Sebastian realize about Buckminster Fuller's philosophy after he has his first sexual experience by touching Meredith's breast?

4. What does Jared reveal to Sebastian during the second youth group meeting as the real reason he has been struck ill?

5. Why is Sebastian's plan of trying to learn bass unsuccessful?

6. What clues does the author provide during the photographer's visit to the dome that suggest the outcome will not be a positive one when the article comes out?

7. What does Janice reveal to Sebastian as the real reason for her role as a youth group leader at Immanuel Methodist Church?

8. What does Nana reveal she thinks has caused Sebastian to stay out all night when he returns from staying the night at Jared's house?

9. What does Jared tell Sebastian a band has to do, no matter how angry their songs are?

10. What are the qualities that Sebastian tells Meredith he likes about her when he calls her up the second time and does not know that it is him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the significance of the novel's inclusion of the record store as a brief, yet meaningful and symbolic setting.

Essay Topic 2

How does the theme of isolation function within the novel and what is the author's message regarding this theme?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the novel's theme depicting health problems as a means of self-discovery.

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