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

2. What is the name of the woman that Buddy’s father has been having an affair with, according to Buddy’s sister in Part One?
(a) Sarah
(b) Michelle
(c) Diane
(d) Fay

3. The title of We All Fall Down comes from what literary allusion in the novel?
(a) Days of Our Lives
(b) Ring Around the Rosy
(c) The Raven
(d) Humpty Dumpty

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?
(a) Windows
(b) Mirrors
(c) Glasses
(d) Bottles

5. What friend of Buddy’s says as he holds Karen down to be raped, “Me next” when Buddy comes downstairs in Part One?
(a) Mickey Stallings
(b) Harry Flowers
(c) Randy Pierce
(d) Marty Sanders

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What television show does Mickey say is his favorite in Part One?

3. What is the name of the man who is friends with Jane’s father and the boss of the work crew that repairs the damages to their house in Part One?

4. Jane describes her house and the street it is on as something like you might see in what old television show in Part One?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What is significant about the title of We All Fall Down? From where is this title derived?

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

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

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

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