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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. Buddy’s mother tells him and his sister that she’s planning on taking a retreat at a monastery just south of what town?
(a) Mt. Shasta
(b) Worcester
(c) Boston
(d) Los Angeles

2. What is “the word that Jane used to describe the car as her father drove to the hospital” in Part Two?
(a) Careening
(b) Lurching
(c) Swerving
(d) Crawling

3. How does Jane respond when the Avenger tells her that Buddy was one of the trashers in Part Two?
(a) She screams
(b) She vomits
(c) She kicks him
(d) She curses

4. Where is author Robert Cormier from?
(a) Seattle, Washington
(b) Boston, Massachusetts
(c) Leominster, Massachusetts
(d) Lexington, Kentucky

5. How old is Amos Dalton described as being on the newscast as Buddy watches in Part Two?
(a) 10
(b) 13
(c) 16
(d) 12

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Mr. Jerome’s old golfing buddy and the police chief of Monument?

2. Buddy’s parents brought Buddy and his sister up in what religion?

3. How is the restaurant described where Buddy meets his father in Part Two?

4. What weapon does the Avenger present and torment Jane with in Part Two?

5. The narrator says in Part Two that Buddy did not learn of Jane’s ordeal with the Avenger until what time that night?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are the characters of Randy and Marty depicted in We All Fall Down? How do these characters differ from Buddy Walker?

2. What happens when Jane enters the abandoned shed at the empty lot in Part Two?

3. How is the Jerome family characterized in the novel? How does this family unit differ from others presented in the story?

4. Where does the Avenger first spy Buddy and Jane together in Part Two? What is his response?

5. Who calls Jane to plead with her regarding Buddy in Part Two? What information is revealed in this phone call?

6. What is the principle reason for Jane’s feelings of isolation after the abduction in Part Two?

7. What is unexpected about the breakup of Jane and Buddy in Part Two?

8. What does the character of the Avenger represent symbolically in the novel?

9. What does Mr. Jerome represent symbolically in We All Fall Down?

10. Where does Buddy meet his father in Part Two? What are Buddy’s impressions of his dad at this meeting?

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