A Separate Peace
NAME: ____________________________
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
16.
a) the one game Finny despised
17.
b) peculiar; eccentric
18.
c) a talented athlete and leader
19.
d) narrator of the novel
20.
e) humidity; heat
21.
f) required one jump from the tree by the river
22.
g) unspoken
23.
h) substitute Headmaster for the summer
24.
i) loner and social outcast
25.
j) official holder of the school swimming record
26.
k) to entice; trick into something
27.
l) Finny’s summer invention
28.
m) the school the boys attend
29.
n) to become used to something unpleasant
30.
o) weakened
31.
32. Extra Credit: What is the name of the summer club that Finny and Gene invented?
33.
34.
35.
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.
37.
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.
38.
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
41.
2. Gene picks a fight with Quackenbush when he calls him _____?
42. a. maimed c. guilty of fratricide
43. b. a liar d. weak
44.
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
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
16.
a) the one game Finny despised
17.
b) peculiar; eccentric
18.
c) a talented athlete and leader
19.
d) narrator of the novel
20.
e) humidity; heat
21.
f) required one jump from the tree by the river
22.
g) unspoken
23.
h) substitute Headmaster for the summer
24.
i) loner and social outcast
25.
j) official holder of the school swimming record
26.
k) to entice; trick into something
27.
l) Finny’s summer invention
28.
m) the school the boys attend
29.
n) to become used to something unpleasant
30.
o) weakened
31.
32. Extra Credit: What is the name of the summer club that Finny and Gene invented?
33.
34.
35.
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.
37.
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.
38.
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
41.
2. Gene picks a fight with Quackenbush when he calls him _____?
42. a. maimed c. guilty of fratricide
43. b. a liar d. weak
44.
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