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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the last thing that Buddy says to Jane when they encounter one another at the mall in the end of Part Two?
2. What is the name of the bum that Buddy uses to buy him liquor?
3. 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?
4. The narrator says in Part Two that “Jane found out about Buddy’s drinking in the lobby of” what?
5. Buddy is in what class at his high school in Part Two?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Jane confront Buddy about his past after her abduction in Part Two? How does Buddy respond?
2. How does Buddy’s fall at the mall stand out among examples of characters “falling down” in the novel?
3. How does the author delineate the strengths and weaknesses of his characters in We All Fall Down?
4. What are the second and third examples in the novel of a character “falling down”?
5. Where does Buddy meet his father in Part Two? What are Buddy’s impressions of his dad at this meeting?
6. Who intercepts Jane and lures her to the abandoned lot in Part Two? How?
7. Who are the protagonists in the novel? How are these protagonists different?
8. How are the value systems of the main characters presented in the novel?
9. How is the character of the Avenger described as he entraps Jane in Part Two?
10. How is the Jerome family characterized in the novel? How does this family unit differ from others presented in the story?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the romance of Jane and Buddy in Part Two. Do you believe that each of these characters’ feelings are pure? Why or why not? Do you think that Jane is justified in ending their relationship once she learns the truth about Buddy’s past?
Essay Topic 2
How does the theme of isolation apply to the main characters in the story? How has Jane’s sense of isolation increased since the trashing of her home? How does this theme apply to Buddy? How does it apply to Karen Jerome? How does it relate to the Avenger?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the triggers leading up to Buddy’s drinking problem in the narrative. When is the first occurrence that Buddy got drunk? How did it make him feel? Who encouraged Buddy’s drinking?
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