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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. Who is described as 'lily livered'?
(a) Gene
(b) Finny
(c) Leper
(d) Chet

2. What does Finny declare he doesn't believe?
(a) That Gene can jump again.
(b) That school is necessary.
(c) That Gene is his friend.
(d) That the Allies bombed Central Europe.

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

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

5. What war was occurring when Gene was last in school?
(a) WWI
(b) Vietnam
(c) WWII
(d) Russian

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Finny talk Gene into doing before they leave the beach?

2. What does Finny confess to have had during the fall?

3. Who jumps into the river first?

4. Does Gene tell anyone about Finny's broken record?

5. When does Gene travel to return to Devon?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Gene realize about the rivalry between Finny and himself?

2. Compare and contrast Brinker and Leper.

3. What does Gene do one night that leads him to conclude he "will never stumble through the confusions of [his] own character again?"

4. What does Gene remember as he pauses near the river on his way to an appointment at the Crew House?

5. What does Finny say when Gene asks him what he remembers about the fall?

6. What is Gene the only witness to?

7. What sport does Finny create in order to make up for the appalling sport in #14?

8. Who is the narrator of "A Separate Peace"?

9. What does Finny convince Gene to do that is forbidden by the school?

10. What seemed so much larger to Gene, as told by him, when he was younger as opposed to now?

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