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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gene almost miss when they return to school?
(a) His trigonometry test
(b) His appointment with the headmaster
(c) Bed check
(d) A class

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

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

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

5. What can Finny still do as a result of the accident?
(a) Run
(b) Skip
(c) Jump
(d) Walk

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

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

8. Where does Gene go instead of Devon?
(a) To Leper's house
(b) Down south
(c) Boston
(d) Finny's home

9. What is the game Finny invents?
(a) Blitzkreig
(b) Blitzball
(c) Bradball
(d) Bounce Ball

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

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

12. What does Finny talk Gene into doing before they leave the beach?
(a) Jumping from a tree
(b) Take a swim
(c) Go to a store
(d) Build a sand castle

13. What does Finny confess to have had during the fall?
(a) A bad feeling
(b) A twitch
(c) A kind of feeling
(d) A nervous feeling

14. What does Finny want Gene to do for him?
(a) Be the smartest student
(b) Keep him bed warm
(c) Play sports
(d) Break the school mascot

15. What does Finny invite Gene to join him in?
(a) A meal
(b) A cup of hard cider
(c) A smoke in the Butt Room
(d) A double jump

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Finny declare he doesn't believe?

3. What does Finny accuse Gene of wanting?

4. What war was occurring when Gene was last in school?

5. Who is Gene's roommate?

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