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What does Finny tell Gene before they fall asleep?

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

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Find the last paragraph of Chapter 6, where Gene tells Phineas he is too busy for sports. Gene narrates, "I thought the issue was settled" until Phineas says something more. What does "issue" mean in this context?

The boys give Brinker a nickname. What is it?

Gene receives a telegram. Who is it from?

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What is this chapter mainly about?

Leper's telegram to Gene asked him to come to the "Christmas location." Where is this?

Leper's telegram said he had "escaped."

What or whom does Gene believe he escaped from?

Leper told Gene the army was going to give him something. What was it?

Leper says something that makes Gene mad, and Gene causes Leper to fall out of his chair. What does Leper say?

Leper tells Gene that the army had a perfect word for everything. What word did the army use to refer to Leper?

Find the section where Gene has caused Leper to fall off his chair and Gene is apologizing to Leper's mother. "�I'm terribly�it was a mistake,' I listened objectively to my own voice."

What does "objectively" mean in this context?

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

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

What does Gene take to Finny in the infirmary?

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

How does Brinker's father talk about his war experience?

Gene realizes something about Phineas that made him the way he was. What does Gene realize?

Gene says he is ready for war since he no longer feels any hatred. Why doesn't he feel any hatred?

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?

Select two themes in A Separate Peace.

There are many strong themes that are present throughout A Separate Peace.

What did you think of how the theme of loyalty was developed through this book?

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?

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Find the section at the beginning of Chapter 3, where Finny talks to the other boys about the Super Suicide Society of the Summer Session. The narrator says, "We began to meet every night to initiate them."

What does "initiate" mean in this context?