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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. Who was the pastor at Jane’s old Methodist church in Monument, according to the narrator in Part One?
(a) Pastor Paul Skawinski
(b) Pastor Michael James
(c) Pastor Steven Williams
(d) Pastor William Smith

2. What is the name of Jane and Karen’s younger brother?
(a) Peter Jerome
(b) Paul Jerome
(c) Amos Jerome
(d) Artie Jerome

3. From whom had the Avenger stolen the weapon that he uses to murder the school bully in Part One?
(a) His mother
(b) His uncle
(c) His grandfather
(d) His grandmother

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

5. What does the Avenger do with the weapon after he’s murdered the school bully in Part One?
(a) He throws it into the river
(b) He places it in the left hand of the victim
(c) He takes it back to where he stole it
(d) He hides it in the bushes behind the house

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Karen Jerome in Part One of the novel?

2. What is the name of Jane and Karen’s mother in the novel?

3. 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?

4. 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”?

5. How does the narrator describe Buddy’s mother in Part One?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. When the narrative transitions to Buddy’s perspective during the break-in, what does Buddy find when he returns downstairs in the Jerome home?

5. How do the boys respond when Buddy expresses regret over the incident at the Jerome home during the vandalism in Part One?

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

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

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

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

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

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