Selection Test: A Separate Peace, Chapters 11-13

Before the trial in "A Separate Peace," Brinker accuses Gene of what?

• Trying to get Finny to leave school

• Driving Leper crazy

• Being too cowardly to enlist

• Pitying Finny

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Where does the trial of Gene take place in "A Separate Peace"?

• At night in the assembly room

• At midnight in a graveyard

• During the day in Gene and Finny's room

• Near a beaver dam

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According to Leper's testimony in "A Separate Peace," what was his position during the accident?

• Standing at the base of the tree

• Standing next to Gene

• Not seeing the accident at all

• Enlisted because he hated Gene

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When Gene climbs through the window into the room where Finny is resting, Finny...

• Accepts Gene's apology gladly

• Still refuses to believe that Gene caused the accident

• Is angry with Gene and will not talk to him

• Does not recognize Gene

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How does Gene discover that Finny has died in "A Separate Peace"?

• He sees his body being carried on a stretcher

• Brinker tells him

• He finds Finny's clinic room empty

• Dr. Stanpole tells him

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The trial in "A Separate Peace" forces Finny and Gene to confront the fact that ______.

• they were never true friends

• their friendship was based on rivalry

• they had misunderstood each other

• Gene caused the accident in the tree

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One of the major conflicts of the novel "A Separate Peace" is between Gene and ______.

• Finny

• Brinker

• Leper

• Himself

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What does Knowles use the setting of Devon School to illustrate in "A Separate Peace"?

• The beautiful setting the boys lived in.

• The irrelevance of the events of the book to the place in which they took place.

• How setting can reflect and create conflict.

• How privileged Gene and Phineas were.

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How is Devon School described in "A Separate Peace"?

• As containing aspects of both wilderness and conservative society.

• As extremely modern and characterless.

• As merely decrepit and worn.

• As entirely clean and safe.

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When does Gene first attempt to confess to Finny in "A Separate Peace"?

• During the trial.

• At Finny's home.

• After World War II.

• In the infirmary.

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