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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The title of We All Fall Down comes from what literary allusion in the novel?
(a) Days of Our Lives
(b) Ring Around the Rosy
(c) Humpty Dumpty
(d) The Raven

2. What is the name of the Avenger’s mother in the novel?
(a) Sarah
(b) Diane
(c) Ella
(d) Mary

3. Who appears to be in the process of raping Karen Jerome when Buddy comes downstairs in Part One?
(a) Marty Sanders
(b) Randy Pierce
(c) Harry Flowers
(d) Mickey Stallings

4. Harry’s father is described as having what job position in Part One?
(a) Policeman
(b) Architect
(c) Doctor
(d) Lawyer

5. What is the name of Jane and Karen’s younger brother?
(a) Artie Jerome
(b) Paul Jerome
(c) Peter Jerome
(d) Amos Jerome

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the venue across the street from the Mall where “all the big stars appeared,” including “New Kids on the Block and Billy Joel and Madonna”?

2. 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?

3. Where does Jane recall her father having been transferred from when they relocated to this town in Part One?

4. How old was Buddy’s sister when she fell from a tree and broke her arm?

5. The narrator says in Part One, “The first time he saw Randy and Marty together, Buddy flashed back to an old movie on television.” What was the movie?

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