A Separate Peace
Test
A. MATCHING
Match each term/description with the best answer.
1. _____ Gene
2. _____ Phineas
3. _____ Devon
4. _____ A. Hopkins Parker
5. _____ Blitzball
6. _____ Badminton
7. _____ Patch-Withers
8. _____ Lepellier
9. _____ “Ss” Club
10. _____ Enfeebled
11. _____ Inure
12. _____ Inveigle
13. _____ Tacit
14. _____ Idiosyncratic
15. _____ Sultriness
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a) the one game Finny despised
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b) peculiar; eccentric
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c) a talented athlete and leader
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d) narrator of the novel
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e) humidity; heat
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f) required one jump from the tree by the river
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g) unspoken
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h) substitute Headmaster for the summer
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i) loner and social outcast
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j) official holder of the school swimming record
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k) to entice; trick into something
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l) Finny’s summer invention
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m) the school the boys attend
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n) to become used to something unpleasant
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o) weakened
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32. Extra Credit: What is the name of the summer club that Finny and Gene invented?
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B. True or False
36. Circle T for true; circle F for false.
1. T or F : The main portion of A Separate Peace takes place during 1943.
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2. T or F : John Knowles was a teenager when he wrote the novel.
3. T or F : Phineas ends up joining the Navy.
4. T or F : The teenage boys were in sinecure positions while at school.
5. T or F : The “blitzball” chapter was very funereal.
C. Multiple Choice. Choose the best answer.
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1. One evening instead of going to dinner Gene decided to _____?
39. a. go back to the beach c. go to the tree and jump alone
40. b. wear Finny’s clothes d. study
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2. Gene picks a fight with Quackenbush when he calls him _____?
42. a. maimed c. guilty of fratricide
43. b. a liar d. weak
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3. When Finny phones Gene he concerned that _____?
45. a. Gene might have a new roommate c. he will not be able to come back to