Characters
Gene's present age.
He was 16, it's been 15 years, so what is 31/30/early 30s?
Where Gene decides to visit before returning to winter term.
What is Finny's house?
"Listen, pal, if I can't play sports, you're going to play them for me."
Who is Finny?
"...Phineas was always being watched, like the weather."
What is a simile?
The two places Gene visits 15 years later.
What is the tree and the marble stairs?
The crew manager's name.
Who is Cliff Quackenbush?
The first instance Gene witnessed Finny talk his way out of trouble.
What is when Finny talked his way out of missing dinner?
"The next time you call anybody maimed, you better make sure they are first."
Who is Gene?
"Underfoot the healthy green turf was brushed with dew, and ahead of us we could see a faint green haze hanging above the grass, shot through with the twilight sun."
What is imagery?
The place (state), time period, & historical context of the story.
What is New Hampshire in 1942 during World War II.
The student who had a collection of snails in his dorm.
Who is Elwin "Leper" Lepellier?
The outcome of crew practice.
What is Gene & Quackenbush getting in an altercation & Gene getting "fired"?
"Since we're all enemies, we can and will turn on each other all the time."
Who is Finny?
"The tree was not only stripped by the cold season, it seemed weary from age, enfeebled, dry."
Describe Finny's house.
What is "high, white", elegant, cleaning lady, fireplace? (Comfy, well-furnished, grand, clean, family pictures)
Identify the main antagonist & protagonist of the story.
Who is Gene Forrester?
Finny's reaction to Gene telling him the truth.
What is Finny doesn't believe him at first. Then Finny gets angry & hurt, telling Gene to leave. Finny ultimately decides he only had a second of a doubt, but is mad at himself for thinking that....
"I think you have slipped in any number of ways since last year."
Who is Mr. Ludsbury?
"Leper Lepellier was loping..."
What is alliteration?
The difference between summer and winter session.
What is summer session was carefree/fun/full of rule breaking and winter session is rigid/controlled/required obedience?
The student who moved across the hall from Gene at the beginning of winter term.
Who is Brinker Hadley?
Two lies that Gene told Finny on the phone.
What is he was crazy for what he said during his visit to his house & that he saved his spot in their dorm.
"That's probably the strangest tribute this school has had in a hundred and sixty years."
Who is Mr. Patch-Withers?
"Phineas, still asleep on his dune, made me think of Lazarus, brought back to life by the touch of God."
What is allusion?
The names of the two rivers at Devon.
What are the Devon River and the Naguamsett River?