A Separate Peace, Chapter 6-10

Who is the senior crew manager who gets in a fight with Gene?

• Quackenbush

• Brinker

• Leper

• Finny

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Why does Gene get into a fight?

• Someone makes fun of disabled people calling them "maimed sons of b___," and so Gene feels they deserve to be punished.

• Gene wants to borrow the other guy's shirt and he says no

• Gene wants to prove that he is the best at sports, so he has to take the other guy out.

• Gene punches a teacher in the face for giving him a bad grade.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Why doesn't Leper help shovel the train tracks?

• Leper is skiing and wants to find a beaver dam

• Leper is afraid of trains

• Leper is lazy and hates physical labor

• Leper is protesting the war.

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Why does Gene change his mind about enlisting?

• Gene is afraid to go to war.

• Gene believes the war is not real.

• Gene wants to continue his education.

• Gene believes Finny needs him.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Identify the shift in mood between the summer and winter sessions:

• hot and humid to cold and icy

• There isn't much of a change

• care-free and innocent to strict and demanding

• strict and demanding to care-free and innocent.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What does Finny believe about the war?

• The war is wrong and should be protested.

• The war isn't important and doesn't affect him.

• The war is purposeful and should be supported

• The war is not real and is created by fat, rish men to control others.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Why does Finny decide to coach Gene for the 1944 Olympics?

• Gene is an outstanding rower

• Finny cannot compete anymore

• Gene needs to get into shape

• Finny doesn't want to study.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Who sends Gene a telegram, or message at the end of Chapter Nine?

• Brinker

• Mr. Ludsbury

• Finny

• Leper

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Why is it ironic that Leper Lepellier is the first Devon boy to enlist?

• Leper was only 16 so it is unexpected that he was able to enlist in the first place.

• Leper decided to enlist in the military after he has already been drafted.

• Leper is shy and always avoids sports and confrontation; a war is the opposite of Leper's personality.

• Brinker was going to enlist with Leper but Leper chickened out on him.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Label the following statements about Finny as TRUE or FALSE.

Groups:

(a) TRUE

,

(b) FALSE

• He is the best athlete at Devon School

• Can talk his way out of any situation

• He does not care about winning/losing.

• Always thinks the best of people.

• He hates competition.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3