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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. After seeing Jane and Buddy kissing together in a store, the Avenger vows to do what?
(a) Tell Jane’s mother
(b) Kill Jane
(c) Tell Jane about Buddy
(d) Tell Karen

2. With whom had Buddy gone to his first dance in the ninth grade?
(a) Alice Currier
(b) Leslie Cairns
(c) Cindy Dennedy
(d) Debbie Howington

3. Who sleeps in the same room with Jane while her family is in seclusion after her abduction in Part Two?
(a) Karen Jerome
(b) Artie Jerome
(c) Marie Jerome
(d) Leslie Cairns

4. The narrator says in Part Two that Buddy did not learn of Jane’s ordeal with the Avenger until what time that night?
(a) 9:00 p.m.
(b) 10:00 p.m.
(c) 8:00 p.m.
(d) 11:00 p.m.

5. 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?
(a) Meatloaf
(b) Spaghetti
(c) Chicken tenders
(d) Lasagna

Short Answer Questions

1. What girl does Buddy remember having a crush on in sixth grade, “with her hair like melting caramel”?

2. Why can the Avenger no longer spy on the Jerome family in Part Two?

3. How many days does Buddy spend sober after his confrontation with Jane about his drinking before he faces temptation by the bottle in the garage in Part Two?

4. What does Amos do after apologizing that it took so long when he enters the shed with the police to save Jane in Part Two?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Buddy’s fall at the mall stand out among examples of characters “falling down” in the novel?

2. How are the value systems of the main characters presented in the novel?

3. What similarities can be seen in the families of the four boys who vandalize the Jerome home in We All Fall Down?

4. How does Buddy learn of Jane’s abduction in Part Two? Where has Jane’s family gone by this time?

5. What revelation does the Avenger reveal to Jane as she is entrapped in Part Two? How does Jane respond?

6. What is unexpected about the breakup of Jane and Buddy in Part Two?

7. How does the character of the Avenger effectively insert suspense into the novel?

8. What are the second and third examples in the novel of a character “falling down”?

9. How is the character of the Avenger described as he entraps Jane in Part Two?

10. How does the Avenger kill himself in Part Two? Why does he kill himself?

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