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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what time does the narrator say the home invaders enter the house in the beginning of Part One?
(a) 9:02 p.m.
(b) 8:20 p.m.
(c) 10:15 p.m.
(d) 2:00 a.m.

2. What is the label that Harry Flowers gives for the exploits of his gang in Part One?
(a) Wild Time
(b) Vengeance
(c) Funtime
(d) Danger Time

3. What does Harry constantly call his friends after the vandalism and attack as they leave the Jerome home that Buddy considers to be Harry’s “black talk”?
(a) Bloods
(b) Crips
(c) Dogs
(d) Boyz

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) Randy Pierce’s
(b) Marty Sanders’s
(c) Louis Kendrick’s
(d) Mickey Stallings’s

5. Buddy’s mother is described in Part One as working five days a week in what position in Wickburg?
(a) As a policewoman
(b) As a registered nurse
(c) As a high school teacher
(d) As an executive secretary

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

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

8. What are the names of the girls that Jane has befriended since she’s transferred to her new school?
(a) Felicia Gray and Jessica Peters
(b) Sarah Gilliam and Rachel Duncan
(c) Karen Smith and Betty Masters
(d) Patti Amarelli and Leslie Cairns

9. 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) Marty Sanders
(b) Amos Dalton
(c) Randy Pierce
(d) Danny Davis

10. 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) Diane
(b) Fay
(c) Michelle
(d) Sarah

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

12. How old is Jane Jerome in the beginning of We All Fall Down?
(a) 16
(b) 14
(c) 17
(d) 15

13. What television show does Mickey say is his favorite in Part One?
(a) Jeopardy
(b) Wheel of Fortune
(c) The Weather Show
(d) Days of Our Lives

14. The damage estimated on the home that is invaded in the opening of the novel is how much?
(a) $10,000
(b) $30,000
(c) $20,000
(d) $15,000

15. What is the name of the high school that Jane attends in the novel?
(a) Petersville High
(b) Burnside High
(c) McKinley High
(d) Landside High

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What little boy from the neighborhood that is constantly bullied does Jane recall seeing her little brother defend in Part One?

3. What is the Avenger’s primary mode of transportation in Part One?

4. Jane describes her house and the street it is on as something like you might see in what old television show in Part One?

5. On what date does Mickey tell Jane it will be time to plant the tomatoes in Part One?

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