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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Finny convince Gene to join him on?
(a) Playing hooky at the local arcade
(b) Enlisting in the military
(c) A 3 hour bike ride
(d) A trip to the city

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

3. Who is supposedly going to jump from the tree?
(a) Bobby
(b) Brinker
(c) Chet
(d) Leper

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

5. How long has it been since Gene was last at this school?
(a) 2 years
(b) 5 years
(c) 10 years
(d) 15 years

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

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

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

9. Who becomes angry at Finny's diagnosis?
(a) Finny
(b) Finny's dad
(c) Finny's mom
(d) Gene

10. What position is Gene volunteering for?
(a) Crew Manager
(b) Senior crew manager
(c) Assistant senior crew manager
(d) Assistant crew manager

11. Who is the substitute teacher for the summer?
(a) Dr. Stanpole
(b) Mr. Patch-Wilders
(c) Mr. Brinker
(d) Mr. Prud'homme

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

13. What happens when Gene turns to Finny to delay the jump?
(a) He loses his balance
(b) He gets dizzy
(c) He bounces the branch
(d) He falls

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

15. What does Finny wear in support of the first Allied bombing?
(a) Pink shirt
(b) A flag
(c) Pink tie
(d) A uniform top

Short Answer Questions

1. Who shares the room with Gene now?

2. What do the two boys want to form?

3. What does Finny explain serves as a tribute to the school's role in the war effort?

4. Who loses his balance in this jump?

5. What is the one thing that comes easily to Finny?

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