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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. Where does Harry say he picked up Jane Jerome’s key when she dropped it in Part Two?
(a) At Jedson Park
(b) At the Mall
(c) At church
(d) At school

2. Why can the Avenger no longer spy on the Jerome family in Part Two?
(a) All the shrubbery and trees have been trimmed
(b) He hurt his back trying to apprehend the vandals
(c) His ladder was stolen
(d) His mother won’t let him out at night

3. What weapon does the Avenger present and torment Jane with in Part Two?
(a) A knife
(b) A sword
(c) A revolver
(d) A rope

4. Jane comes to learn that the Avenger’s murders of the school bully and his grandfather took place where?
(a) Vermont
(b) California
(c) Maine
(d) New Hampshire

5. How many days after his arrest for vandalism does Harry call Buddy and tell him that he will pick him up at 8:00 p.m.?
(a) 1
(b) 5
(c) 2
(d) 3

Short Answer Questions

1. At what time in the morning does Buddy wake up after he’d seen the news about Jane the night before in Part Two?

2. The narrator says in Part Two that “Jane found out about Buddy’s drinking in the lobby of” what?

3. Who is the protagonist of We All Fall Down?

4. Who wrote, “In a real dark night of the soul it is always three o’clock in the morning”?

5. The Avenger tells Jane in Part Two that he convinced Amos Dalton to help him by giving him what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does the concept of motivation tie into the themes seen in Part One of We All Fall Down?

5. What justifications does the author make for Buddy Walker’s behavior in the novel?

6. How is the character of the Avenger described as he entraps Jane in Part Two?

7. What revelation does the Avenger reveal to Jane as she is entrapped in Part Two? How does Jane respond?

8. How is the family life of Harry Flowers characterized in We All Fall Down?

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

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

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