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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 little boy does Jane describe in Part One as being “like a premature middle-aged man. Always a worried look on his face, always carrying one or two library books.”
(a) Vaughn Masterson
(b) Amos Dalton
(c) Randy Pierce
(d) Marty Sanders

2. What boy does the narrator say Leslie is “pink about” in Part One?
(a) Vaughn Masterson
(b) Johnny Taylor
(c) Mickey Stallings
(d) Amos Dalton

3. What are the names of the girls that Jane has befriended since she’s transferred to her new school?
(a) Patti Amarelli and Leslie Cairns
(b) Karen Smith and Betty Masters
(c) Sarah Gilliam and Rachel Duncan
(d) Felicia Gray and Jessica Peters

4. Who is the bully described from the Avenger’s perspective that “spent the day snickering” in Part One?
(a) Randy Pierce
(b) Vaughn Masterson
(c) Amos Dalton
(d) Mickey Stallings

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Harry get the fireworks that he presents to Buddy and the gang in Part One?

2. What does Jane tell her friends people call Mickey Stallings behind his back in Part One?

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

4. What “old-time movie producer” does the Avenger’s grandfather always quote?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

8. How and why does the Avenger go about killing Vaughn Masterson?

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

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

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