School Days
Name of the school in A Separate Peace
What is Devon?
The narrator of the book
Who is Gene Forrester?
The war that this novel revolves around
What is World War II?
A swift, sudden military offensive
What is a blitzkrieg?
The group created by Gene and Finny when the novel begins
What is the Super Suicide Society of the Summer Session?
The state where the school is located
What is New Hampshire?
He was the substitute head master for the Summer Session
Who is Mr. Prud’homme?
What jumping from the tree trains men for
What is jumping from troop ships in the military?
To disable, mutilate, or cripple
What is maim?
His home in Vermont
What is Leper’s “Christmas Location”?
Where most classes are held at the school
What is the First Academy Building?
He is the protagonist of the novel
Who is Gene?
This is the real name of the student who joined the army hoping to become a ski trooper
What is Elwin Lepellier?
To win over or lead astray by guile or deception
What is inveigle?
The marble steps and the tree
What are the places adult Gene wishes to see on his return to Devon?
The two rivers that flow through Devon
What are the Naguamsett and Devon Rivers?
He is the antagonist of the novel
Who is Finny?
(at least in Gene’s mind)
The Army, the Navy, the Marines, and the Canadians
What are the military units that turned down Finny’s request to serve?
A minor battle in war
What is a skirmish?
The wrestling coach at Devon
Who is Phil Latham?
The school that the author based Devon on
What is Exeter ?
(The Phillips Exeter Academy)
He held the record that Finny broke
Who is A. Hopkins Parker?
The branch of the military where Gene serves
What is the Navy?
A small domed structure surmounting a roof
What is a cupola?
The test that Gene flunked because he went to the beach with Finny
What is trigonometry?