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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 opens each meeting of their secret society with jumping from the tree?
(a) Gene and Finny
(b) Leper and Finny
(c) Gene
(d) Finny

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

3. What kind of record did Finny break?
(a) Running
(b) Swimming
(c) Track
(d) Badminton

4. What does Finny finally conclude about the accident?
(a) I should have died
(b) You didn't help me
(c) You pushed me
(d) I just fell

5. What do Finny and Gene get for themselves by using forged draft cards?
(a) Cigarettes
(b) Food
(c) Women
(d) Beer

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens that causes Gene to hurry his pace?

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

3. What does Gene's boss nickname him?

4. Who says, "You never waste your time"?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the doctor say about the outcome of Finny's injury?

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

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

5. What is one of the main rules for the secret club that Finny and Gene have created?

6. Who does Gene describe the tree when he was younger and standing in front of it with other boys?

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

8. As Gene and Finny are getting ready to sleep on the beach, what does Finny reveal to Gene?

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

10. Compare and contrast Brinker and Leper.

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