Characters
The narrator of the novel
Who is Gene?
The name and type of school the boys attend
What is Devon an all boys boarding school?
Finny and Gene got out of trouble for missing dinner because of this
What is Finny talking his way out of it?
How often The Super Suicide Society of the Summer met
What is every night?
The reason Gene fails his trigonometry test
What is going to the beach with Finny?
Is very athletic and believes that you never lose in sports
Who is Finny?
Gene revisits Devon to look for this
What is the tree?
Gene and Finny remind the staff about what life was like before the....
This is partly why the staff is so lenient with them in the summer
The name of the new sport the boys make up
What is blitzball?
Phineas lost this at the beach
What is his and Gene's money?
Says he is going to jump off the limb, but Gene predicts he will not. Gene and Finny's friend
Who is Leper?
Finny puts this on and calls it his "emblem." Gene says people will call him a fairy for wearing it.
What is a pink shirt?
Gene's "moment" in history that belongs to him
What is the four years of the war?
The subject Gene is studying for his final exam
Hosts a tea party for the boys. Gets visibly angry at Finny for wearing his tie as a belt.
Who is Mrs. Patch-Withers?
How many boys were at the tree when only Finny and Gene jumped?
Five. Gene, Finny, Leper, Chet Douglas, Bobby Zane
Young boys are nervous or fearful about this happening to them during this time period
Hint: Finny mentions this on page 22
What is being drafted to war?
What Finny calls Gene and Gene does not call Finny it back
What is his best pal?
Gene's goal for the school year
What is to be valedictorian (head of the class)?
Gene's biggest competition for Valedictorian
Who is Chet Douglas?
Referred to as "The Cage"
What is the area where the boys do their exercise or The Field House?
The Event that Finny brings up at the tea party, which he actually does not know much about although he acts like he does. He later declares to Gene that he does not think it really happened.
What is the bombing of Central Europe ?
What Ginny and Fene use as fake IDs to get beer at the beach
What is fake draft cards?
Finny's plan for him and Gene at the tree
What is do a "double jump?" Jump off together