What is the main idea of this chapter?

Who guesses the truth about why Leper has returned from the war?

One morning Brinker takes Gene into a soundproofed piano room where no one will overhear their conversation. What is Brinker's message to Gene?

What convinces Finny there is a real war going on?

Brinker sends a couple of boys to bring in a "star witness." Who is this witness?

Brinker does not believe that Finny merely lost his balance when he fell out of the tree. Why doesn't he believe this?

The "witness" compares the movement of Finny and Gene on the tree branch to what?

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

Find the section where Brinker is suggesting that Finny didn't just lose his balance and fall out of the tree. Finny thinks about it and says he thinks that the tree did it. He says, "It's an impression I've had. Almost as though the tree shook me out by itself."

What does "impression" mean in this context?

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

Toward the end of Chapter 13, find the paragraph that begins, "I never talked about Phineas and neither did anyone else." Gene narrates, "Finny had a vitality that could not be quenched so suddenly, even by the marrow of his bone."

What does "vitality" mean in this context?

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

Are there any words that you are unsure about?

You can always list unknown words here.

Which sport does Finny compete in and break a school record?

What is this chapter mainly about?

Gene and Phineas wake up on the beach, and Gene sees dawn for the first time. How is dawn described?

Gene is jealous of Finny's athletic ability, and Finny accuses Gene of studying too much. What does Gene realize about their friendship?

What was a second thing Gene realized about Finny?

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

Find the section where Gene realizes Finny wants him to fail. Gene believes "Finny had deliberately set out to wreck my studies."

What does "deliberately" mean in this context?

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

On his way back to the dormitory from the river, Gene is stopped by Mr. Ludsbury, who is in charge of the dormitory. Mr. Ludsbury tells Gene to get rid of two things. What are these two things?

Beer

Girls

Gambling

Icebox

Who was the first of Gene's classmates to enlist in the war?

Please enter the first three words of a sentence that shows your answers is correct.

Find the section where Gene and Leper go out for a walk after having lunch at Leper's house. Gene is describing the landscape: "I could never see a totally extinguished winter field without thinking it unnatural."

What does "extinguished" mean in this context

What is the main idea of this chapter?