1. What’s the name of the cologne that Buddy begins wearing after he and Jane have become a couple in Part Two?
(a) Subtle
(b) Versace
(c) Cool Water
(d) Drakkar

2. What is the name of Jane and Karen’s mother in the novel?
(a) Alice Jerome
(b) Sarah Jerome
(c) Marie Jerome
(d) Andrea Jerome

3. What is the name of Mr. Jerome’s old golfing buddy and the police chief of Monument?
(a) Chief Reardon
(b) Chief Williams
(c) Chief Patterson
(d) Chief Richardson

4. What girl does Buddy remember having a crush on in sixth grade, “with her hair like melting caramel”?
(a) Leslie Cairns
(b) Cindy Dennedy
(c) Alice Currier
(d) Debbie Howington

5. How old was Buddy’s sister when she fell from a tree and broke her arm?
(a) 10
(b) 9
(c) 8
(d) 5

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part Two, when Buddy meets with his dad for lunch, the narrator states, “As Buddy held up his half-filled glass, he studied his father more closely than ever before, trying to see him as a stranger would see him. The word that leaped to his mind was” what?

2. Buddy is in what class at his high school in Part Two?

3. When Karen goes flying into the cellar, Buddy recalls his father having hit whom once in his car when Buddy was a child?

4. How old is Karen Jerome in Part One of the novel?

5. How long ago does the narrator say Buddy got his driver’s license in Part One?

(see the answer key)

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