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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. Where does Gene go instead of Devon?
(a) Boston
(b) Finny's home
(c) Down south
(d) To Leper's house

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

3. Who is Gene's roommate?
(a) Finny
(b) Chet
(c) Brinker
(d) Elwin

4. Who does Finny say is his best friend?
(a) Gene
(b) Leper
(c) No one
(d) Chet

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Finny declare he doesn't believe?

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

3. Who jumps into the river first?

4. Where does Gene have an appointment?

5. Who is described as 'lily livered'?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Gene do one night that leads him to conclude he "will never stumble through the confusions of [his] own character again?"

2. Why does Mr. Prud'homme come into Gene and Finny's room the next morning?

3. Who is the narrator of "A Separate Peace"?

4. Who can not believe that the allies bombed Central Europe?

5. What is Gene the only witness to?

6. What sport does Finny create in order to make up for the appalling sport in #14?

7. What is Finny's mistake that he makes when having tea with the substitute headmaster Mr. Patch-Wilders?

8. What does Finny say when Gene asks him what he remembers about the fall?

9. As Gene and Finny are getting ready to sleep on the beach, what does Finny reveal to Gene?

10. What is one of the main rules for the secret club that Finny and Gene have created?

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