A Separate Peace Study Guide Answers
A Separate Peace Study Guide
Chapter 1
1. What is the point of view of the novel? 1st person
2. How long has it been since the narrator left the Devon School?15 yrs
3. Where is Devon located?New Hampshire
4. What “fearful sites” does the narrator visit? Stone steps of First Academy building and tree by river
5. During what season of the year does the narrator return to Devon? In what season of the year does the action of the narrator’s remembrance begin? Fall (November) Summer (flashback begins in summer)
6. What is the year of the action that the narrator is recalling? (time frame for flashback) 1942
7. Who jumps from the tree? Finny (Phineas first – then Gene)
8. Why is the jump from the tree dangerous? Had to jump out (not straight down from limb) in order to hit water
9. How does the narrator feel about jumping from the tree? He is afraid
Chapter 2
1. Why does Mr. Prud’homme stop at the boys’ room? They had missed dinner
2. Why does Mr. Prud’homme react as he does to Finny’s explanation of why he and the narrator missed dinner? He was surprised, but had to laugh
3. What is the “emblem” ‘that Finny wears? Pink shirt
4. What does the “emblem” mean to Finny? Celebrating the fact that the Allies bombed Central Europe
5. Where do Finny and the narrator go to tea, and at whose invitation? Patch-Withers (Headmaster for summer) at his house
6. What does Finny use for a belt? School tie
7. What does Finny propose they do after leaving the tea?jump from tree
8. Why do you think they call their club “The Super Suicide Society of the Summer Session? Because the jump is dangerous – call it suicide
9. How does Finny save the narrator’s life at the end of the chapter? Gene loses his balance in the tree and Finny grabbed his arm to balance him (they were jumping together)
Chapter 3
1. How often does the Super Suicide Society meet? Every day
2. What are the first three of Finny’s commandments? “Never say you are five feet nine when you are five feet eight and a half.”
Chapter 1
1. What is the point of view of the novel? 1st person
2. How long has it been since the narrator left the Devon School?15 yrs
3. Where is Devon located?New Hampshire
4. What “fearful sites” does the narrator visit? Stone steps of First Academy building and tree by river
5. During what season of the year does the narrator return to Devon? In what season of the year does the action of the narrator’s remembrance begin? Fall (November) Summer (flashback begins in summer)
6. What is the year of the action that the narrator is recalling? (time frame for flashback) 1942
7. Who jumps from the tree? Finny (Phineas first – then Gene)
8. Why is the jump from the tree dangerous? Had to jump out (not straight down from limb) in order to hit water
9. How does the narrator feel about jumping from the tree? He is afraid
Chapter 2
1. Why does Mr. Prud’homme stop at the boys’ room? They had missed dinner
2. Why does Mr. Prud’homme react as he does to Finny’s explanation of why he and the narrator missed dinner? He was surprised, but had to laugh
3. What is the “emblem” ‘that Finny wears? Pink shirt
4. What does the “emblem” mean to Finny? Celebrating the fact that the Allies bombed Central Europe
5. Where do Finny and the narrator go to tea, and at whose invitation? Patch-Withers (Headmaster for summer) at his house
6. What does Finny use for a belt? School tie
7. What does Finny propose they do after leaving the tea?jump from tree
8. Why do you think they call their club “The Super Suicide Society of the Summer Session? Because the jump is dangerous – call it suicide
9. How does Finny save the narrator’s life at the end of the chapter? Gene loses his balance in the tree and Finny grabbed his arm to balance him (they were jumping together)
Chapter 3
1. How often does the Super Suicide Society meet? Every day
2. What are the first three of Finny’s commandments? “Never say you are five feet nine when you are five feet eight and a half.”