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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of dead animal does Mr. Jerome describe having found in his mailbox in the past year when he’s speaking to the police detective after the vandalism in Part One?
(a) A squirrel
(b) A rabbit
(c) A bird
(d) A turtle

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

3. On what street does the Jerome family live in the novel?
(a) Fifth Avenue
(b) Azalea Avenue
(c) Willow Street
(d) Arbor Lane

4. When the death of the school bully that the Avenger killed is reported in the paper, it is noted that the weapon was stolen from whose apartment a month earlier?
(a) Louis Kendrick’s
(b) Mickey Stallings’s
(c) Randy Pierce’s
(d) Marty Sanders’s

5. How tall is Buddy Walker said to be in Part One?
(a) 5’8”
(b) 6’
(c) 6’1”
(d) 5’9”

Short Answer Questions

1. Who appears to be in the process of raping Karen Jerome when Buddy comes downstairs in Part One?

2. What kind of liquor is Buddy drinking in his father’s garage in Part One?

3. What are the names of the girls that Jane has befriended since she’s transferred to her new school?

4. How does the narrator describe Buddy’s mother in Part One?

5. About how long has the Jerome family lived in the town they currently live in, according to the narrator in the beginning of Part One?

(see the answer key)

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