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Separate Peace and Word of the Day Review
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Words of the Day, A Separate Peace
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1
Even after Leper's testimony, Finny refuses to believe that Gene was responsible for his fall.
False
True
2
After Gene leaves Devon, he never returns again to look at the tree or the marble steps.
True
False
3
After Finny breaks his leg and before Finny returnss to school, Gene begins to think of himself as...
Finny's protector.
a new Superhero (D.C.)
an impostor.
an evil monster.
4
The freshwater Devon river is symbolic of what?
the ugliness or reality
anger and rivalry
swimming
innocence
5
How does Brinker feel about the war after shoveling out the railroad tracks?
He is scared and wants to hide out in Canada.
It is the most exciting thing in the world and he is missing out.
It is boring and he doesn't care about it.
He thinks Finny is right and it is fake.
6
Finny organizes an investigation into the cause of his accident.
False
True
7
According to Gene, what does Finny believe about sports?
Everyone always wins at sports.
Second place is first loser.
You must crush your opponent.
Sports don't exist, they are made up by fat old me.
8
Gene jumps out of the tree...
because Finny wants him to.
because he likes to break rules.
because a squirrel attacks him.
because he likes to take risks.
9
Brinker joking accuses Gene of pushing Finny out of the tree in order to get a single room.
True
False
10
Gene decides he will shake Finny out of the tree weeks before he actually does it.
False
True
11
Brinker Hadley is an important part of the story during the SUMMER SESSION.
True
False
12
What sport does Finny invent during the summer session that everyone starts playing?
Baseball
Blitzball
Finny Ball
XFL Spring Football
13
What is the last thing that happens to Finny?
His heart stops during surgery.
He kills Gene and assumes his identity so that he can enlist.
He falls down some steps.
He falls out of a tree.
14
Gene eventually realizes that Finny has never been in competition with him.
False
True
15
Gene believes that if you loves something enough, it will love you back.
True
False
16
Gene tells Finny that his actions were a blind impulse and not hatred he had felt for Finny.
False
True
17
Why is the Winter Carnival so fun for the boys of the Devon school?
It offers a temporary escape from the war.
They think it helps Finny feel better.
They like breaking rules.
They have never been to a carnival before.
18
Brinker believes that wars caused by by something ignorant in the human heart.
False
True
19
Gene gets the impression that Finny is trying to...
ruin his grades.
get a new roommate.
steal his girlfriend.
ruin his pink shirt.
20
What does Finny burn to open the Winter Carnival?
$4.13 that Brinker donated
a lock of Hazel Brewster's hair
his pink shirt
a copy of the Iliad
21
According to Gene, he did not have any hatred left to contribute to the war.
False
True
22
Finny orders Gene to participate in sports in his place because he cannot.
False
True
23
When Gene comes back to school for the fall session he chooses not to participate in sports.
True
False
24
Fifteen years after graduating from Devon, Gene looks at the tree and it looks...
shrunken with age.
even bigger than he remembered.
as frightening as ever.
gone, cut down to build the new weightroom.
25
Where to Finny and Gene take a bicycle ride to when they sneak away from school during summer session.
They sneak away to Canada to avoid the draft.
They travel to Vermont to watch the sun rise with Leper.
They ride to the railroad station to shovel snow off the tracks.
They go to the ocean for the night and sleep on the beach.
26
Why does Leper enlist in the ski troops?
He wants to stop them from skiing too fast.
He does not enlist into the ski troops, he has turned 18 and was drafted.
He learns about the ski troops a friendly and recognizable face to the war.
He is tired of being made fun of at Devon and wants to take out his anger.
27
Finny breaks his back and dies during his fall on the marble steps.
False
True
28
Gene does not cry at Finny's funeral because he feels like it is his own funeral.
True
False
29
According to Brinker, wars are caused by what?
aliens
fat old men who want to keep kids in order
something ignorant in the human heart
the older generation
30
The Winter Carnival is a carefully organized annual event supported by the faculty.
True
False
31
Gene tries to conform with society because he is from a proper Boston family.
True
False
32
Finny enjoys getting in trouble in order to see if he can get out of it.
True
False
33
Leper enlists in the military because he despises the oppression of Nazi Germany.
False
True
34
Leper suffers a mental breakdown while going through basic training.
True
False
35
Picking apples in the orchard makes Brinker want to enlist in the military.
True
False
36
When Finny returns to Devon, he refuses to admit that World War II is real.
False
True
37
What athletic feat does Finny accomplish that particularly bothers Gene?
He breaks the school scoring record in hockey.
He beats Joey Chestnut at a hotdog eating competition.
He breaks the school swimming record on his first try.
He is the most valuable player award in football.
38
After Leper enlists, the boys make up funny stories about his heroic exploits in the war.
False
True
39
Finny dies during a routine surgery when the marrow of his bone stopped his heart.
False
True
40
The adult characters in this novel are less important to the action than the students.
True
False
