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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. Jane’s ordeal with the Avenger takes place on what day of the week in Part Two?
(a) Sunday
(b) Thursday
(c) Friday
(d) Saturday

2. At what time in the morning does Buddy wake up after he’d seen the news about Jane the night before in Part Two?
(a) 9:20 a.m.
(b) 8:10 a.m.
(c) 8:45 a.m.
(d) 7:00 a.m.

3. Who is Jane’s favorite uncle that greets her following Jane’s abduction in Part Two?
(a) Uncle Sam
(b) Uncle Rod
(c) Uncle Peter
(d) Uncle Jack

4. The Avenger tells Jane in Part Two that he convinced Amos Dalton to help him by giving him what?
(a) $5 for books
(b) $20 for books
(c) $10 for books
(d) $25 for candy

5. With whom had Buddy gone to his first dance in the ninth grade?
(a) Cindy Dennedy
(b) Alice Currier
(c) Debbie Howington
(d) Leslie Cairns

Short Answer Questions

1. How old does the Avenger tell Jane he is in Part Two?

2. What are described in the end of Part Two as Jane’s “only moments of light and gladness—not gladness exactly but absence of sadness, perhaps”?

3. What month is it when Jane and Buddy run into one another at the mall after their breakup in Part Two?

4. Who calls Buddy as he’s still reeling from the news story about Jane’s abduction in Part Two?

5. Who calls Buddy as he contemplates taking a drink from the bottle in the garage in Part Two?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are the value systems of the main characters presented in the novel?

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

3. Who intercepts Jane and lures her to the abandoned lot in Part Two? How?

4. How does Buddy learn of Jane’s abduction in Part Two? Where has Jane’s family gone by this time?

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

6. What are the second and third examples in the novel of a character “falling down”?

7. When and where does Jane encounter Buddy after their breakup in Part Two? How have Jane’s feelings changed at this point?

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

9. How does the Avenger kill himself in Part Two? Why does he kill himself?

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

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