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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. From whom had the Avenger stolen the weapon that he uses to murder the school bully in Part One?
(a) His grandmother
(b) His grandfather
(c) His mother
(d) His uncle

2. What is the name of the Avenger’s mother in the novel?
(a) Mary
(b) Ella
(c) Diane
(d) Sarah

3. When the death of the school bully that the Avenger killed is reported in the paper, it is noted that the weapon was stolen from whose apartment a month earlier?
(a) Mickey Stallings’s
(b) Randy Pierce’s
(c) Marty Sanders’s
(d) Louis Kendrick’s

4. On what street does the Jerome family live in the novel?
(a) Willow Street
(b) Azalea Avenue
(c) Arbor Lane
(d) Fifth Avenue

5. What little boy from the neighborhood that is constantly bullied does Jane recall seeing her little brother defend in Part One?
(a) Marty Sanders
(b) Kenny Crane
(c) Amos Dalton
(d) Mickey Stallings

Short Answer Questions

1. What doctor do Artie’s parents take him to when his night terrors begin in Part One?

2. The title of We All Fall Down comes from what literary allusion in the novel?

3. What is Mickey Stalling’s position in the neighborhood where Jane’s family lives in the novel?

4. Harry’s father is described as having what job position in Part One?

5. Marty’s suede flight jacket is said to be worth how much money in Part One?

Short Essay Questions

1. When the narrative transitions to Buddy’s perspective during the break-in, what does Buddy find when he returns downstairs in the Jerome home?

2. How does Jane discover Buddy’s drinking in Part Two? How does she address the issue?

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

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

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

6. How does the narrator describe Jane’s school friends in Part One? What color unites these girls?

7. How and why does the Avenger go about killing Vaughn Masterson?

8. Describe the character of Buddy Walker in Part One. What makes Buddy a “likeable” character in the novel?

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

10. What happens when Buddy’s sister confronts him about his drinking in Part One?

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