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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. When Buddy confronts Harry outside the school cafeteria, Harry tells him he doesn’t want to talk because they’re serving his favorite dish that day. What is it?
(a) Spaghetti
(b) Chicken tenders
(c) Lasagna
(d) Meatloaf

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

3. What color hair is Jane described as having in the novel?
(a) Blond
(b) Red
(c) Black
(d) Pink

4. Jane comes to learn that the Avenger’s murders of the school bully and his grandfather took place how many years ago in the end of Part Two?
(a) 25
(b) 10
(c) 20
(d) 30

5. When Jane begins to shout at the Avenger as she’s tied to the chair in Part Two, he tells her, “Don’t yell—don’t scream. If you scream, I’ll have to do to you what I did to Vaughn Masterson and” whom?
(a) My father
(b) My mother
(c) My grandfather
(d) My grandmother

Short Answer Questions

1. What girl does Buddy remember having a crush on in sixth grade, “with her hair like melting caramel”?

2. What is the last thing that Buddy says to Jane when they encounter one another at the mall in the end of Part Two?

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

4. Who is Jane’s favorite aunt that had given her a pearl earring she lost?

5. In Part Two, when Buddy meets with his dad for lunch, the narrator states, “As Buddy held up his half-filled glass, he studied his father more closely than ever before, trying to see him as a stranger would see him. The word that leaped to his mind was” what?

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. Describe the narrative point of view in We All Fall Down. In what ways is this narrative style sophisticated?

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

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

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

6. How does the author delineate the strengths and weaknesses of his characters in We All Fall Down?

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

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

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

10. How does the author characterize the relationship between Buddy and Jane prior to their breakup in the novel?

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