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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. 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 they should have trashed the house
(c) Whether or not the girl was raped
(d) Whether or not the girl was killed

2. What color do the home invaders spray-paint the walls in the home in the beginning of Part One?
(a) Red
(b) Blue
(c) Orange
(d) Black

3. 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?
(a) A rabbit
(b) A squirrel
(c) A bird
(d) A turtle

4. Jane’s new friends from school introduced her to the sights of her new town, including the mall in what downtown city?
(a) Salem
(b) Berkeley
(c) Boston
(d) Wickburg

5. When the death of the school bully that the Avenger killed is reported in the paper, it is reported how?
(a) As a suicide
(b) As a murder
(c) As a negligent homicide
(d) As an accident

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To what city do Artie’s parents take him to see a doctor when his night terrors begin in Part One?

3. Buddy’s mother is described in Part One as working five days a week in what position in Wickburg?

4. At what time does the narrator say the home invaders leave the Jerome home after trashing it in the beginning of Part One?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

4. What happens when Buddy’s sister confronts him about his drinking in Part One?

5. When, precisely, do the vandals break into the Jerome home in the beginning of Part One? Who encounters them as they are vandalizing the house?

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

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

8. Is the violence in We All Fall Down portrayed in a realistic manner? How would you describe its characterization?

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

10. What information does Mr. Jerome relate to the police detective after the vandalism in Part One?

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