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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part Two, when Buddy meets with his dad for lunch, the narrator states, “As Buddy held up his half-filled glass, he studied his father more closely than ever before, trying to see him as a stranger would see him. The word that leaped to his mind was” what?
(a) Sadness
(b) Pity
(c) Betrayal
(d) Ruin

2. Where has Jane agreed to meet her mother at the mall when she accidentally runs into Buddy at the end of Part Two?
(a) McDonald’s
(b) Filene’s
(c) Tiffany’s
(d) Marshall’s

3. What is the last thing that Buddy says to Jane when they encounter one another at the mall in the end of Part Two?
(a) I love you, Jane. Please come back to me.
(b) I can’t stop thinking about you
(c) It was beautiful there for a while, wasn’t it, Jane?
(d) I promise never to drink again

4. What word from Part Two means moved to showing sudden emotion or irritation, especially over a trifling annoyance?
(a) Petulant
(b) Obtuse
(c) Cautionary
(d) Pat

5. Who is the protagonist of We All Fall Down?
(a) Jane Jerome
(b) Karen Jerome
(c) Harry Flowers
(d) Patti Amarelli

6. Amos Dalton comes running up to Jane when she’s on her way home and pleads with her to come with him because there’s an emergency in Part Two. On his way, he drops his books. What is the title of one of the books Amos drops?
(a) The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
(b) Gone With the Wind
(c) Encyclopedia Brown
(d) Hamlet

7. When Marty tells Buddy about Harry’s arrest in Part Two, he says, “I’ve known Harry all my life. We were in preschool together. Harry never” what?
(a) Hurts anybody
(b) Stays in trouble for long
(c) Double-crosses his friends
(d) Gets into trouble

8. Buddy’s parents brought Buddy and his sister up in what religion?
(a) Baptist
(b) Catholic
(c) Islam
(d) Buddhist

9. 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) Darrell Teague
(d) Buddy Walker

10. After slipping into the alleyway to avoid being seen, the Avenger then searches in the stores on Main Street to find Jane and Buddy kissing inside of what store in Part Two?
(a) Burnside Video
(b) Wickburg Video
(c) Dupont’s Drug Store
(d) Monument Candy

11. On the evening of the day when Jane’s ordeal with the Avenger takes place, Buddy falls asleep on his couch reading what?
(a) Teen magazine
(b) The New Yorker
(c) People magazine
(d) Time magazine

12. What girl does Buddy remember having a crush on in sixth grade, “with her hair like melting caramel”?
(a) Debbie Howington
(b) Cindy Dennedy
(c) Leslie Cairns
(d) Alice Currier

13. What is a central theme that permeates We All Fall Down?
(a) Marriage and weddings
(b) Political corruption
(c) Revenge
(d) Sisterly love

14. Who calls Buddy as he’s still reeling from the news story about Jane’s abduction in Part Two?
(a) Randy Pierce
(b) Alice Currier
(c) Addy Walker
(d) Cindy Dennedy

15. At what time does Marty tell Buddy the police came and arrested Harry the day before in Part Two?
(a) 4:00 p.m.
(b) 5:00 p.m.
(c) 3:00 p.m.
(d) 8:00 p.m.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Buddy confronts Harry outside the school cafeteria, Harry tells him he doesn’t want to talk because they’re serving his favorite dish that day. What is it?

2. What boy does Jane recall having had a crush on “who played the lead in the school’s abbreviated version of Grease” in Part Two?

3. Buddy first meets Jane’s parents when they encounter them on the street leaving what business in Part Two?

4. Who is Jane’s favorite aunt that had given her a pearl earring she lost?

5. Jane comes to learn that the Avenger’s murders of the school bully and his grandfather took place how many years ago in the end of Part Two?

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