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A Separate Peace Ch 1-7

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What year is the narrator remembering?
a)
1957
b)
1942
c)
1960
d)
1933
2.
What school has the narrator returned to visit?
a)
Devon School
b)
Devonshire Hall
c)
New Hampshire Boarding School
d)
Rhode Island School for Boys
3.
What emotion does Gene associate high school with?
a)
hate
b)
love
c)
fear
d)
depression
4.
What does Finny tell the narrator while on the beach?
a)
Phineas tells him that he doesn't want to be friends anymore
b)
Phineas tells Gene he wants to get to know him better
c)
Phineas tells Gene he wants to get to know him better
d)
Phineas tells Gene he is his best friend.
5.
What does the doctor tell Gene about Finny's condition?
a)
Finny will be able to play sports after resting for a few months
b)
Finny can never play sports again.
c)
Finny will be better at sports
d)
He will be in a wheel chair
6.
What group did the boys create?
a)
The Super Suicide Society of The Summer Session
b)
The Superb Society
c)
The Suicide Squad
d)
The Summer Squad
7.
Why do Finny and the boys create blitzball?
a)
Finny is annoyed by the game of badminton.
b)
Gene can't play football.
c)
Brinker and the other boys won't jump from the tree.
d)
To practice for the war.
8.
What two places did the narrator want to visit in Ch 1?
a)
His house and the library
b)
Marble Stairs and Tree
c)
Cafeteria and Tree
d)
Library and Marble Stairs
9.
How do the boys get to the beach?
a)
They walk
b)
The boys rode their bikes
c)
They got an older boy to drive them
d)
Took a bus
10.
What emblem does Finny wear as a symbol of patriotism?
a)
Pink Shirt
b)
School tie as his belt
c)
Army Clothes
d)
An American Flag
11.
In what sport does Finny secretly break the record?
a)
Baseball
b)
Swimming
c)
Blitz Ball
d)
Basketball
12.
What is the Gene's goal for his school career?
a)
To die
b)
to see finny fail
c)
He wants to be valadictorian.
d)
To live the life
13.
What event do Gene and Finny attend in the deserted Headmasters house?
a)
A term tea for the Upper Middle Class
b)
An assembly
c)
A secret meeting for the Upper Middle Class
d)
A meeting with the summer teachers
14.
Finny's greatest strength is
a)
his singing skills.
b)
his ability to talk himself out of trouble.
c)
his swimming abilities.
d)
his academic abilities.
15.
The Super Suicide Society of the Summer Session meets every night to do what?
a)
Ride their bikes to the beach.
b)
Sneak off campus to meet girls.
c)
Jump from the tree.
d)
Gamble and play cards.
16.
What happens after Gene and Phineas return from the beach?
a)
The boys get caught and have to do extra work. 
b)
Finny gets hit by a car and shatters his leg.
c)
Mr. Prudhomme catches the boys and they get in trouble.
d)
Gene fails his math test.
17.
Gene assumes that Finny is trying to do what to hurt him?
a)
Sabotage his grades.
b)
Get him expelled.
c)
Push him off the tree.
d)
Show him up at sports.
18.
When Gene realizes Finny is a better person than he is, how does he react to this realization?
a)
He yells at Finny and tells him he's not his friend.
b)
He causes Finny to fall out of the tree and break his leg.
c)
He tells the teachers that Finny is a cheater so he'll get expelled.
d)
He lies to Finny and tells him he broke a swimming record.
19.
Why does Gene fight with Cliff Quackenbush?
a)
He wants Quackenbush's job on the crew.
b)
Nobody likes Quackenbush.
c)
Quackenbush fires him from the crew.
d)
Quackenbush calls him maimed.
20.
What do Gene and Brinker Hadley discuss during their first meeting?
a)
Why Gene has his own room. 
b)
How much they both want to enlist in the war.
c)
Poetry and Latin class. 
d)
Brinker accuses Gene of pushing Finny out of the tree.