A Separate Peace
Vocab 12-13
In your literature spiral:
1. Definition of how the word is used in the novel
2. Part of Speech
3. Use the word appropriately in a sentence
(12)
personage--170
receded--171
idly--171
droning--172
constellation--173
erratic--174
waveringly--175
indecipherable--176
thronging--176
lull--181
pungent--183
(13)
fabled--185
musterings--185
benefactress--185
asserting--186
poignant--186
exertion--187
cordiality--188
malarkey--190
bungling--191
tangible--191
endured--192
A Separate Peace
Questions 12-13
ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS IN YOUR LITERATURE SPIRAL USING
COMPLETE SENTENCES. PROVIDE EVIDENCE FROM THE TEXT TO SUPPORT YOUR
RESPONSES.
Chapter 12
1. Contrast the mood of Chapter 11 to the mood at the opening of Chapter 12.
2. State the two observations that Gene makes about Finny after his fall on the stairs.
3. How is Finny's injury described? Why is this description ironic?
4. Explain why Finny pretends the war does not exist.
5. Are Finny and Gene at peace with each other at this point? Why or why not?
6. Explain how the operating room and war are compared.
7. Explain why Gene says, "I could not escape a feeling that this was my own funeral,
and you do not cry in that case."
Chapter 13
8. Explain how jeeps are compared to adolescents.
9. Devon is described again as peaceful. How does this description reflect Gene himself?
10. Gene says, "My schooling was over now." Beyond the literal meaning of his formal
education, to what else is he referring?