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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. 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”?
(a) Her visits to Karen
(b) Her visits to Vaughn
(c) Her visits with Artie
(d) Her visits with Buddy

2. 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) 3
(c) 2
(d) 5

3. What is the name of the individual who is described as Jane’s abductor as Buddy watches the news in Part Two?
(a) Harry Flowers
(b) Amos Dalton
(c) Randy Pierce
(d) Michael Stallings

4. What’s the name of the cologne that Buddy begins wearing after he and Jane have become a couple in Part Two?
(a) Cool Water
(b) Versace
(c) Subtle
(d) Drakkar

5. The Avenger tells Jane in Part Two, “The only person I ever loved was” whom?
(a) You
(b) My mother
(c) Your sister
(d) My grandmother

Short Answer Questions

1. When Karen awakes from her coma, she is in relatively good condition with what exception?

2. 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?

3. Where is author Robert Cormier from?

4. After Jane’s abduction and when the news crews begin harassing Jane and Amos for interviews, Amos’s family sweeps him off to relatives where in Part Two?

5. When the Avenger first sees Jane and Buddy together, he is standing on Main Street in front of what store in Part Two?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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