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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 color hair is Jane described as having in the novel?
(a) Black
(b) Red
(c) Blond
(d) Pink

2. What is the name of the bum that Buddy uses to buy him liquor?
(a) Crumbs
(b) Jackson
(c) Paul
(d) Johnny

3. What color are Buddy’s eyes described as in the novel?
(a) Green
(b) Brown
(c) Hazel
(d) Blue

4. After Jane’s abduction and when the news crews begin harassing Jane and Amos for interviews, Amos’s family sweeps him off to relatives where in Part Two?
(a) Wyoming
(b) Mississippi
(c) Indiana
(d) California

5. After slipping into the alleyway to avoid being seen, the Avenger then searches in the stores on Main Street to find Jane and Buddy kissing inside of what store in Part Two?
(a) Wickburg Video
(b) Dupont’s Drug Store
(c) Monument Candy
(d) Burnside Video

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the last thing that Buddy says to Jane when they encounter one another at the mall in the end of Part Two?

2. The narrator says in Part Two that Buddy did not learn of Jane’s ordeal with the Avenger until what time that night?

3. The narrator says that at exactly what time does Buddy fall “instantly and irrevocably in love with Jane Jerome” in Part Two?

4. Where is author Robert Cormier from?

5. The Avenger tells Jane in Part Two that he convinced Amos Dalton to help him by giving him what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Buddy learn of Jane’s abduction in Part Two? Where has Jane’s family gone by this time?

2. How does the author delineate the strengths and weaknesses of his characters in We All Fall Down?

3. How are the value systems of the main characters presented in the novel?

4. What does the character of Harry Flowers represent symbolically in the novel?

5. What similarities can be seen in the families of the four boys who vandalize the Jerome home in We All Fall Down?

6. Where does the Avenger first spy Buddy and Jane together in Part Two? What is his response?

7. Where does Buddy meet his father in Part Two? What are Buddy’s impressions of his dad at this meeting?

8. What does the character of the Avenger represent symbolically in the novel?

9. Describe the narrative point of view in We All Fall Down. In what ways is this narrative style sophisticated?

10. When and where does Jane encounter Buddy after their breakup in Part Two? How have Jane’s feelings changed at this point?

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