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Chapter 5

What is this chapter mainly about?

What sort of injury does Phineas have from falling out of the tree?

What does Gene do in his room alone while Finny is in the hospital?

Gene learns something from the doctor about Finny's condition. What does he learn?

How does Finny believe he fell from the tree?

Summer session is followed by a month's vacation. After vacation, instead of returning straight to Devon School, where does Gene go?

What does Gene tell Finny?

Find the section right after Gene visits Finny in the hospital. The Summer Session comes to an end. But to Gene, "it seemed irresolutely suspended, halted strangely before its time."

What does "suspended" mean in this context?

Is there anything that you are unsure about in this chapter?

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Question #5

Brinker Hadley talks about enlisting in the war. How does Gene react to this?





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Question #10

Find the section where Gene and Finny are in the locker room in the gym. The narrator is describing all the smells there and says, "sweat predominated."

What does "predominated" mean in this context?





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Question #3

Leper's telegram said he had "escaped."

What or whom does Gene believe he escaped from?





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Question #8

What happens after Finny leaves the room where the mock trial is going on?





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Question #1

The war effort arrives at Devon School in the form of the Parachute Riggers' school. What is unpacked from the heavy trucks that arrive?

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Question #4

Where is Devon School located?

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Chapter 2

What is this chapter mainly about?

Mr. Prud'homme comes to Finny and Gene's room to talk to them about a rule they broke the previous evening. What rule did they break?

What does Phineas wear as an "emblem" to celebrate the bombing of Central Europe?

What does Phineas do that should, but doesn't, get him into trouble?

What do Finny and Gene do after the tea?

What is the only requirement for membership to the Super Suicide Society of the Summer Session?

Find the section in the middle of the chapter where Mrs. Patch–Withers looks more closely at Phineas's clothes. Gene is sure Phineas will be punished, but Phineas' "expression was composed" as he explains his clothing choice. What does "composed" mean in this context?

Is there anything that you are unsure about in this chapter?

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Question #5

What happens when Finny and Gene attempt to jump into the river together from the tree limb?





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