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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 the Avenger first sees Jane and Buddy together, he is standing on Main Street in front of what store in Part Two?
(a) Jackson Dry Cleaners
(b) Wickburg Fashions
(c) Dupont’s Drug Store
(d) Peterson’s Drug Store

2. Who is the police chief who states that the investigation of Jane’s abduction and the suicide of her captor is continuing on the newscast in Part Two?
(a) Timmy Kearns
(b) Randy Pierce
(c) Buddy Walker
(d) Darrell Teague

3. Karen’s room at the hospital is on what floor in Part Two?
(a) Third
(b) Fourth
(c) Fifth
(d) Second

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

5. 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?
(a) California
(b) Mississippi
(c) Indiana
(d) Wyoming

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the school that Buddy attends in the novel?

2. On the evening of the day when Jane’s ordeal with the Avenger takes place, Buddy falls asleep on his couch reading what?

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

4. Where do Buddy and Jane occasionally meet to do their homework together once they’ve started dating in Part Two?

5. The day that Buddy falls “instantly and irrevocably in love with Jane Jerome” is a Friday in what month?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What does the character of Harry Flowers represent symbolically in the novel?

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