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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 kind of liquor is Buddy drinking in his father’s garage in Part One?
(a) Crown Whiskey
(b) Malibu Rum
(c) Seagram’s Gin
(d) Jack Daniels Whiskey

2. What is the name of the venue across the street from the Mall where “all the big stars appeared,” including “New Kids on the Block and Billy Joel and Madonna”?
(a) The Concertplex
(b) The Landside Arena
(c) The Burnside Arena
(d) The Concenter

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

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”?
(a) Danny Davis
(b) Marty Sanders
(c) Randy Pierce
(d) Amos Dalton

5. 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?
(a) Rock Point
(b) Redway
(c) Harlem
(d) Boston

Short Answer Questions

1. What position does Mr. Jerome have at the telephone company where he works in Part One?

2. What is Buddy’s little sister’s name in the novel?

3. Who is the bully described from the Avenger’s perspective that “spent the day snickering” in Part One?

4. When the death of the school bully that the Avenger killed is reported in the paper, it is reported how?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What are the central societal issues faced by the main characters in We All Fall Down?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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