A Separate Peace Chapters 1-5
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- Q1What type of story is A Separate Peace?A nonfiction storyA frame storyA satireA biography60s
- Q2What two places did Gene go back to Devon to visit?The tree and the athletic fieldThe tree and the Dean's houseThe tree and the marble stairsThe marble stairs and the athletic field60s
- Q3Which is the best word to describe the relationship between Finny and Gene, from Gene’s perspective?AuthenticUnderstandingEnviousInvaluable60s
- Q4In chapter one, as the narrator returns back to Devon, what is the tone being portrayed?JubilantNostalgicTenseDisconnected60s
- Q5When Gene is looking at the stairs in the First Academy Building, what crucial fact about the stairs has he overlooked?The stair rail is crookedThe exceptional hardnessThe lack of carpet60s
- Q6Why was Gene disappointed at the tea in chapter 2?Phineas fell of the treePhineas did not get in trouble for wearing a tie as a beltHe got a C on a testLeper fell of the tree60s
- Q7What can we infer the real reason for Finny jumping off the tree is?He wants to prove that he is the best at everythingHe is adventurousHe wants to overcome his fear about the treeHe wants to be prepared for the war60s
- Q8What can we infer about Gene’s goal of wanting to be valedictorian of his class?Gene feels pressure from outside sources, and he feels like he has to obtain this goalGene is trying to improve himselfGene knows this is the one thing he can be the best at instead of FinnyGene is trying to take charge of his life60s
- Q9Why is there a summer session held at Devon?The summer session was always held at DevonFor the students who needed to be academically challengedTo get the “Lower-middles” prepared for the warThe students who lived far couldn’t go home because of the war going on60s
- Q10What does the author say about being sixteen years old?“You finally start to foresee your military future”“Adults aren’t impressed by you yet, mainly just intimidated”“Adults do not expect you to start preparing for the war just yet”“It is the key and crucial and natural age for a human being to be...”60s
- Q11What is one word that best describes Gene so far in the story?WeakInsecureLudicrousHaughty60s
- Q12What is one word that best describes Finny so far?AuthenticManipulativeSkepticalRestrained60s
- Q13Which word below DOES NOT characterize Finny?AthleticEnergeticConformistAdventurous60s
- Q14The name of the game blitzball comes from the word blitzkrieg which is?What they call young boys who sign up for the draftThe name of a bombThe last name of PhineasA military war tactic designed to create disorganization for the enemy60s
- Q15Why does Gene think that Finny has been pressuring him to play Blitzball, jump out of the tree every night, go on the beach etc.?Gene thinks Finny is trying to prepare him for the war even though he does not want to joinGene believes this is Finny’s only way to fit inGene thinks that Finny is trying to distract him from his studies so he won’t become valedictorianGene believes that Finny is desperate to conform Gene to his ways60s