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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long has it been since Gene was last at this school?
(a) 10 years
(b) 2 years
(c) 15 years
(d) 5 years

2. What does Finny invite Gene to join him in?
(a) A cup of hard cider
(b) A smoke in the Butt Room
(c) A meal
(d) A double jump

3. What is Gene referring to when he describes a steely black steeple?
(a) The chapel
(b) Finny
(c) The tree
(d) A building

4. What happens that causes Gene to hurry his pace?
(a) He is embarrassed
(b) He realizes the time
(c) A teacher comes to get them
(d) The dinner bell rings

5. Who is the substitute teacher for the summer?
(a) Dr. Stanpole
(b) Mr. Brinker
(c) Mr. Prud'homme
(d) Mr. Patch-Wilders

6. What does Gene dress in?
(a) A flag
(b) A new school blazer
(c) A military uniform
(d) Finny's clothes

7. What is the name of the school the boys attend?
(a) Devon
(b) Oxford
(c) Devonshire
(d) Stanford

8. What does Finny convince Gene to do?
(a) Try out for a sport
(b) Quit school
(c) Jump from the branch
(d) Enlist in the army

9. Where does Finny land during the jump?
(a) The water
(b) The bank
(c) A rock
(d) On Chet

10. Where do Finny and Gene sleep during their excursion away from school?
(a) In a tent
(b) On the beach
(c) In a car
(d) In a hotel

11. What is the one thing that comes easily to Finny?
(a) Academics
(b) Athletics
(c) Lying
(d) Deception

12. What does Gene think Finny may have done?
(a) Made him unsteady
(b) Saved his life
(c) Nothing
(d) Tried too hard to help him

13. What punishment is issued as a result of Finny and Gene missing dinner?
(a) 2 demerits
(b) None
(c) Cleanup in the kitchen
(d) Detention for both

14. Who is described as 'lily livered'?
(a) Chet
(b) Finny
(c) Gene
(d) Leper

15. Who shares the room with Gene now?
(a) No one
(b) Chet
(c) Brinker
(d) Leper

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of record did Finny break?

2. What does Finny finally conclude about the accident?

3. Who is Gene's new boss?

4. What does the substitute teacher want to scold Gene and Finny for missing?

5. What does Finny accidentally wear as a belt?

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