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

3. What is the name of the Avenger’s mother in the novel?
(a) Mary
(b) Sarah
(c) Ella
(d) Diane

4. Where does Jane recall her father having been transferred from when they relocated to this town in Part One?
(a) Shreveport
(b) Berkeley
(c) Monument
(d) Boston

5. At what time does the narrator say the home invaders leave the Jerome home after trashing it in the beginning of Part One?
(a) 9:51 p.m.
(b) 10:08 p.m.
(c) 3:00 a.m.
(d) 10:13 p.m.

Short Answer 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?

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

3. 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?

4. At what time does the narrator say the home invaders enter the house in the beginning of Part One?

5. From whom had the Avenger stolen the weapon that he uses to murder the school bully in Part One?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Vaughn Masterson’s death described in the newspapers?

2. What are the central questions that arise in the plot of We All Fall Down? How do these questions relate to the novel’s themes?

3. What is significant about the title of We All Fall Down? From where is this title derived?

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

5. At what time do the home invaders depart the Jerome home in the beginning of Part One? What damage is left in their wake?

6. 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?

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

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

9. How is Buddy Walker’s descent into alcoholism described in Part One? What led Buddy to begin drinking?

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

(see the answer keys)

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