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Chapter 10

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?

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Question #2

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

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Question #3

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





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Question #6

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





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Question #7

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





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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 #9

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?