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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long ago does the narrator say Buddy got his driver’s license in Part One?
(a) 6 weeks ago
(b) 7 months ago
(c) 2 years ago
(d) 1 year ago

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

3. How does the narrator describe Buddy’s mother in Part One?
(a) Dirty and addiction-riddled
(b) Slim and elegant
(c) Fat and slovenly
(d) Classless and cold

4. How old is the Avenger described from his perspective in Part One?
(a) 14
(b) 13
(c) 11
(d) 16

5. What boy does Jane recall as having completely ignored her after their first date in Part One?
(a) Marty Sanders
(b) Randy Pierce
(c) Harry Flowers
(d) Timmy Kearns

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the school that the Avenger attends when he kills the school bully?

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. What does Jane recall as the “worst mark of her life” in Part One?

4. How much allowance does Buddy’s father send him once a week after he’s moved out of the house in Part One?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator in Part One describe the character of the Avenger? How old is he said to be?

2. What is significant about the setting of We All Fall Down in relation to the central topics addressed in the novel?

3. How does Jane discover Buddy’s drinking in Part Two? How does she address the issue?

4. How does the narrator describe Jane’s school friends in Part One? What color unites these girls?

5. How and why does the Avenger go about killing Vaughn Masterson?

6. What news does Buddy receive when he arrives at school in the opening of Part Two?

7. Where does the Avenger spend much of his time trying to track down the vandals who destroyed the Jerome home in Part One? What impression does he have when he encounters Jane Jerome here?

8. What leads the Avenger to murdering his grandfather? How does he kill him?

9. What is the first example of a character “falling down” in the novel?

10. Describe the character of Buddy Walker in Part One. What makes Buddy a “likeable” character in the novel?

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