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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 much allowance does Buddy’s father send him once a week after he’s moved out of the house in Part One?
(a) $15
(b) $5
(c) $10
(d) $25

2. What do Randy and Marty argue about as Buddy and his friends drive away from the house they’ve demolished in Part One?
(a) The merits of ketchup and mustard
(b) Whether or not the girl was killed
(c) Whether or not they should have trashed the house
(d) Whether or not the girl was raped

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

4. Marty’s suede flight jacket is said to be worth how much money in Part One?
(a) $220
(b) $500
(c) $300
(d) $200

5. At what time does Karen Jerome arrive home during the home invasion in the beginning of Part One?
(a) 9:33 p.m.
(b) 10:02 p.m.
(c) 9:46 p.m.
(d) 2:14 a.m.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What little boy from two doors down from Jane’s house is described as specializing in “riding his bike helter-skelter on the sidewalk” in Part One?

3. What is the name of the Avenger’s grandfather?

4. What is one of the few things that the home invaders did not break in the Jerome home, according to Jane in Part One?

5. How much weekly allowance does Buddy receive from his mother after his father has left the household in Part One?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information does Mr. Jerome relate to his family regarding the arrest of one of the home invaders in Part One?

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

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

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

5. What happens when Karen Jerome flees from her attackers during the break-in in Part One?

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

7. How does the Avenger cover up the murder of Vaughn Masterson?

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

9. How does the author effectively draw the reader into the story in Part One?

10. How realistic are the characterizations in We All Fall Down? Are these characters like the teenagers that you know?

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