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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what floor of the high-rise for the elderly does the Avenger’s grandfather live on in the novel?
(a) The third floor
(b) The fifth floor
(c) The tenth floor
(d) The fourth floor

2. What little boy from the neighborhood that is constantly bullied does Jane recall seeing her little brother defend in Part One?
(a) Amos Dalton
(b) Marty Sanders
(c) Kenny Crane
(d) Mickey Stallings

3. What little boy does Jane describe in Part One as being “like a premature middle-aged man. Always a worried look on his face, always carrying one or two library books.”
(a) Randy Pierce
(b) Marty Sanders
(c) Amos Dalton
(d) Vaughn Masterson

4. 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?
(a) Boston
(b) Harlem
(c) Rock Point
(d) Redway

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?
(a) 2 years
(b) 6 months
(c) 1 year
(d) 6 weeks

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Jane tell her friends people call Mickey Stallings behind his back in Part One?

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

4. Of the Avenger, the narrator says in Part One, “He was good at planning. His mother called it” what?

5. What friend of Buddy’s says as he holds Karen down to be raped, “Me next” when Buddy comes downstairs in Part One?

(see the answer key)

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