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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the boys go when they realize how late they are?
(a) A local diner
(b) The beach
(c) Their dorm room
(d) The bar

2. What punishment is issued as a result of Finny and Gene missing dinner?
(a) Detention for both
(b) 2 demerits
(c) Cleanup in the kitchen
(d) None

3. Who is Gene's new boss?
(a) Brinker
(b) Finny
(c) Prud'homme
(d) Quackenbush

4. What does the substitute teacher want to scold Gene and Finny for missing?
(a) Their classes
(b) Dinner
(c) The recruiter
(d) A test

5. What does Gene's boss nickname him?
(a) Lazy bastard
(b) Maimed son of a bitch
(c) Idiot
(d) Biggest fool at Devon

6. What does Gene think Finny may have done?
(a) Made him unsteady
(b) Saved his life
(c) Tried too hard to help him
(d) Nothing

7. Who does Gene suspect is sabotaging his success?
(a) Finny
(b) Leper
(c) Brinker
(d) Chet

8. How many other boys are with Gene when they go to the tree?
(a) One
(b) Four
(c) Two
(d) Five

9. "Nothing endures, not a ________, not love, not even death by violence."
(a) Tree
(b) Memory
(c) Question
(d) Promise

10. What happens that causes Gene to hurry his pace?
(a) He is embarrassed
(b) The dinner bell rings
(c) A teacher comes to get them
(d) He realizes the time

11. Who chastises Gene for his summer forbidden activities?
(a) Winters
(b) Ludsbury
(c) Stanpole
(d) Prud'homme

12. Who calls Gene while he is at school?
(a) Finny
(b) Leper's mom
(c) Brinker's dad
(d) Gene's mom

13. Who does Finny say is his best friend?
(a) No one
(b) Leper
(c) Gene
(d) Chet

14. What is Gene referring to when he describes a steely black steeple?
(a) The tree
(b) The chapel
(c) Finny
(d) A building

15. Who lives across the hall from Gene?
(a) Finny
(b) Leper
(c) Chet
(d) Brinker

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Finny think Gene is still afraid of?

2. How many students are in the first chapel service at Devon?

3. Who ruminates about what it means to be an American during a time of intense war rationed?

4. What does Finny accuse Gene of wanting?

5. Who is the substitute teacher for the summer?

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