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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Finny think Gene is still afraid of?
(a) The tree
(b) The teachers
(c) The war
(d) Him

2. Does Gene tell anyone about Finny's broken record?
(a) Yes
(b) No, but he writes an anonymous letter to the headmaster
(c) Not for a while
(d) No

3. What does Gene notice that seems much smaller than it used to?
(a) The school
(b) The tree
(c) The river
(d) The beds

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

5. Who ruminates about what it means to be an American during a time of intense war rationed?
(a) Brinker
(b) Finny
(c) Leper
(d) Gene

6. What does Gene dress in?
(a) A military uniform
(b) A new school blazer
(c) Finny's clothes
(d) A flag

7. Who is impressed with Gene's hard work?
(a) Chet
(b) Finny
(c) The headmaster
(d) Brinker

8. What is waiting for Gene in the master's study?
(a) Books
(b) Long distance phone call
(c) Drinks
(d) Food

9. Who hosts the tea later in the afternoon?
(a) Dr. Stanpole
(b) Finny
(c) Mr. Prud'homme
(d) Mr. Patch-Wilder

10. What does Finny convince Gene to do?
(a) Enlist in the army
(b) Try out for a sport
(c) Jump from the branch
(d) Quit school

11. Who is the witness to Finny's breaking of the school record?
(a) Leper
(b) Gene
(c) Brinker
(d) No one

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

13. Who is the one person Finny asked for by name?
(a) Chet
(b) Brinker
(c) Leper
(d) Gene

14. How much money do the boys look for to spend on breakfast?
(a) A dollar
(b) 75 cents
(c) 25 cents
(d) 55 cents

15. Who loses his balance in this jump?
(a) Finny and Gene
(b) Finny
(c) Gene
(d) No one

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Gene bounce the branch?

2. Gene realizes that Finny has a special _____ that lets him get away with anything.

3. How many other boys are with Gene when they go to the tree?

4. Who is supposedly going to jump from the tree?

5. What position is Gene volunteering for?

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