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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. Who ruminates about what it means to be an American during a time of intense war rationed?
(a) Gene
(b) Leper
(c) Finny
(d) Brinker

2. Where do the boys go when they realize how late they are?
(a) Their dorm room
(b) The beach
(c) The bar
(d) A local diner

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

4. Who hosts the tea later in the afternoon?
(a) Finny
(b) Dr. Stanpole
(c) Mr. Prud'homme
(d) Mr. Patch-Wilder

5. Who confesses to the trip to the beach?
(a) No one
(b) Both boys
(c) Gene
(d) Finny

Short Answer Questions

1. Does Gene tell anyone about Finny's broken record?

2. Who is the narrator of this story?

3. What is the game Finny invents?

4. When does Gene travel to return to Devon?

5. Who is supposedly going to jump from the tree?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Gene is working hard to catch up on his trigonometry, what does Finny accuse him of?

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

3. What happens when Gene and Finny decide to try another double jump from the branch?

4. What does the doctor say about the outcome of Finny's injury?

5. What group do the two boys decide to form while they are down by the tree after tea time?

6. What does Gene remember as he pauses near the river on his way to an appointment at the Crew House?

7. What does Gene fear Finny is trying to do when Finny tries to waste Gene's time?

8. Describe the opening scene of Devon when the Fall Session convenes.

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

10. What seemed so much larger to Gene, as told by him, when he was younger as opposed to now?

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