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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What grade in school is the Avenger when he kills the school bully in Part One?

2. What color do the home invaders spray-paint the walls in the home in the beginning of Part One?

3. On what floor of the high-rise for the elderly does the Avenger’s grandfather live on in the novel?

4. Where does Jane recall her father having been transferred from when they relocated to this town in Part One?

5. What does the Avenger do with the weapon after he’s murdered the school bully in Part One?

Short Essay Questions

1. How realistic are the characterizations in We All Fall Down? Are these characters like the teenagers that you know?

2. What news does Buddy receive when he arrives at school in the opening of Part Two?

3. What is significant about the title of We All Fall Down? From where is this title derived?

4. What is significant about the setting of We All Fall Down in relation to the central topics addressed in the novel?

5. How does the narrator in Part One describe the character of the Avenger? How old is he said to be?

6. How is Vaughn Masterson’s death described in the newspapers?

7. What leads the Avenger to murdering his grandfather? How does he kill him?

8. How does the relationship between Buddy Walker and Jane Jerome begin in Part Two?

9. How did Harry Flowers obtain the key to the Jerome household, as revealed in Part Two?

10. How does the author effectively draw the reader into the story in Part One?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and analyze the characters of Patti Amarelli and Leslie Cairns in the novel. For how long has Jane been best friends with these two girls? How have they developed the motif of “pink” to unite them in their friendship? How does their friendship change in the course of the story?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the actions, objectives, and obstacles faced by the Avenger in murdering his grandfather. Why does the Avenger decide he must kill his grandfather? What actions does he take in order to further his objectives? What obstacles stand in his way?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and analyze the character of Addy Walker in the novel. How old is Addy? What has her relationship with her brother been like in the past? How does their relationship change when Addy confronts Buddy about his drinking?

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