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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 shares the room with Gene now?
(a) Brinker
(b) No one
(c) Chet
(d) Leper

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

3. What is Finny's real name?
(a) Finn
(b) Phineas
(c) Paul
(d) Frank

4. What does Finny remember Gene wearing during the fall?
(a) School tie
(b) Flag
(c) Pink shirt
(d) Shocked expression

5. Where does Gene leap after Finny falls?
(a) Onto the bank
(b) Into the river
(c) Onto the grass
(d) He doesn't

Short Answer Questions

1. Who becomes angry at Finny's diagnosis?

2. What does Gene notice that seems much smaller than it used to?

3. Who is described as 'lily livered'?

4. What does Finny do with Gene to make him late?

5. "Nothing endures, not a ________, not love, not even death by violence."

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What sport does Finny think is a horrible addition to the summer athletics program?

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

4. After Gene leaps from the branch into the water, how does Finny respond?

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 does Finny decide to do in celebration of the first Allied bombing of Central Europe?

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

9. What position has Gene volunteered for?

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

(see the answer keys)

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