Devon Academy; 15 years
Chapter 1: Where does Gene return to? How long has it been since he had ben there last?
The tree and the marble stairs
Chapter 1: What two places did the narrator want to visit?
The Summer of 1942 (The Sarcastic Summer)
Chapte 1: What summer does most of the action take place?
Phineas wanted to jump of the tree into the river to practice for when he is drafted for the war.
Chapter 1: What did Phineas want to do? Why?
Phineas and Gene
Chapter 1: Who completed the activity?
The narrator is best friends with Phineas.
Chapter 1: Describe the relationship between the narrator and Phineas?
Phineas wears his pink shirt and the school tie as a belt.
Chapter 2: What happens with Phineas and Mr. Prud-homme?
They distract the staff from the war.
Chapter 2: Why is the faculty more indulgent with these boys?
His pink shirt.
Chapter 2: What is Phineas' emlbem?
Phineas notices he was wearing the school tie as a belt but he still didn't get scolded for it.
Chapter 2: What happens at the traditional tea?
He wanted to see Phineas get in trouble for once.
Chapter 2: Why does what happened at the traditional tea upset the narrator?
They form a group.
Chapter 2: What happens when the two boys go out on the branch together?
The Super Suicide Society of The Summer Session
Chapter 2: What group did the boys create?
They meet everyday; with jumping off the branch.
Chapter 3: How often does the society meet? How do all meetings begin?
Phineas breaks a school record. Gene wants to tell the media but Finny refuses to do it again.
Chapter 3: What happens at the pool? What does Gene want to do about that? How does Finny react?
The boys rode their bikes there. It took the whole day.
Chapter 3: How do the boys get to the beach? How long does it take to get there?
They go to a bar.
Chapter 3: What activities do they participate in while at the beach?
Blitz ball is a sport created by Phineas.
Chapter 3: What is blitz ball? Who creates it?
Phineas tells Gene he is his best friend.
Chapter 3: What does Finny tell the narrator while on the beach?
Gene fails his math test because he couldn't eat breakfast.
Chapter 4: What happens to the narrator when he returns to school?
He wants to be valadictorian.
Chapter 4: What is the narrator's goal for his school career?
The narrator thinks Finny wants to outshine him in this.
Chapter 4: What does the narrator think Finny feels about this goal?
He thinks Finny is trying to sabotage his grades.
Chapter 4: What does the narrator believe Finny is trying to do?
He dedicates himself to striving to be better than Finny.
Chapter 4: What does the narrator dedicate himself to?
Academically- Gene outshines Finny
Athletically- Finny is the best athlete
Chapter 4: How do Finny and the narrator compare academically and athletically?
Gene will pass the exam without studying. He doesn't need to study.
Chapter 4: What does Finny say will happen the night before the French final exam?
The narrator really wants to go .Finny tells him to study because he needs to pass this test.
Chapter 4: How does the narrator react to the meeting? What does Finny tell him to do and why?
They are exactly the same.
Chapter 4: What does the narrator realize about him and Finny?
He wants to jump off the branch.
Chapter 4: What does Finny want to do that night at the tree?
Finny falls and hurts his leg.
Chapter 4: What happens to Finny that night?
Finny breaks his leg. The narrator feels guilty.
Chapter 5: What happened to Finny? How does the narrator feel?
He puts on Finny's clothes.
Chapter 5: What does the narrator do one evening when dressing for dinner?
Finny can never play sports again.
Chapter 5: What does the doctor tell him about Finny's condition?
He feels guilty and sorry for Finny.
Chapter 5: How does the narrator react to the news?
He wants to tell Finny that he can never play sports again. He doesn't.
Chapter 5: What does the narrator want to tell Finny? Does he?
He visits Finny's house.
Chapter 5: What does the narrator do while passing through Boston on his way back to Devon?
He tells Finny that he jaunced the limb for him to fall. Finny refuses to believe him. The narrator tries to say he might be losing his mind.
Chapter 5: What does he tell Finny? How does Finny react? What does the narrator say to try to make things better?
He took the place of Leper's room.
Chapter 6: Who is Brinker Hadly?
Quackenbush is over the crew. Gene fights with him because Quackenbush accused Gene for being the reason Finny broke his leg.
Chapter 6: Who is Quackenbush? What happens between him and the narrator? What causes this to happen?
He is scolded by the dean of the dorms for playing poker after hours.
Chapter 6: What happens when the narrator returns from this adventure?
He doesn't want to deal with sports on account of Finny.
Chapter 6: Why did the narrator decide to be assistant crew manager.
Finny is appalled. Gene has to take Phineas' place in sports.
Chapter 6: How does Finny react to this news? What does he tell the narrator that he will be doing until Finny returns.
He says that Gene needs to atone for his sins. He is not serious.
Chapter 7: What Brinker say the upsets the narrator? Is he serious?
Gene is confronted by the other boys in the room.
Chapter 7: What happens when the boys go to the Butt room?
Gene handles this well and even impresses the other boys.
Chapter 7: How does Gene handle this confrontation?
They worked on railroads and shoveled snow.
Chapter 7: What is one of things that boys do to help out due to the war effort? What is another thing they did?
He answers it calmly.
Chapter 8: How does Finny react to Brinker's question?
Run laps in the morning
Chapter 8: What does Gene do everyday?
Leper Leppelier
Chapter 9: Who is the first boy to enlist?
They miss him and they are surprised he enlisted first?
Chapter 9: How do the boys react to this enlistment after he is gone?
A fair created by Phineas.
Chapter 9: What is the winter carnival?Who creates it?
Athletic games
Chapter 9: What events make up the carnival?
Gene gets a telegram from Leper.
Chapter 9: Who does Gene get a telegram from? What does it say?