1. Of the Avenger, the narrator says in Part One, “He was good at planning. His mother called it” what?
(a) Being studious
(b) Daydreaming
(c) Organization
(d) Being lazy

2. What little boy from two doors down from Jane’s house is described as specializing in “riding his bike helter-skelter on the sidewalk” in Part One?
(a) Vaughn Masterson
(b) Randy Pierce
(c) Mickey Stallings
(d) Mikey Bryan

3. On what date does Mickey tell Jane it will be time to plant the tomatoes in Part One?
(a) June 30
(b) April 30
(c) July 1
(d) May 30

4. What is the name of the woman that Buddy’s father has been having an affair with, according to Buddy’s sister in Part One?
(a) Fay
(b) Sarah
(c) Diane
(d) Michelle

5. Who is the little boy that the Avenger watches the school bully torture every day, “tripping him, pulling his shirt out of his pants, tweaking his cheeks”?
(a) Danny Davis
(b) Randy Pierce
(c) Amos Dalton
(d) Marty Sanders

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator states in the beginning of Part One that the Avenger “did not know [the home invaders’] names, had never seen them before, but he knew who they were. They were regular kids, not sleazies from” where?

2. How many rooms comprise the “Cape Cod cottage” that is trashed in the beginning of the novel?

3. Buddy Walker is described as breaking “the mirror of the girl’s bedroom, using” what, in Part One?

4. Where is Buddy when Harry Flowers first talks to him and tells him “You need action” in Part One?

5. What is the name of the high school that Jane attends in the novel?

(see the answer key)

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