Ch. 7-9 Questions A Separate Peace

1. Describe Brinker.  
2. How does Brinker goad Gene?  Does he suspect the truth about the accident, or do you think he is a "lucky guesser"?  Explain.
3. What does it mean that at Devon the students had "many public faces"?
4. How does Brinker state a "mock arrest" of Gene?
5. Define contretemps.
6. What does Brinker's "war poem" reveal about his attitudes toward the war?
7. How, in Ch. 7, does Gene respond to Brinker's declaration that he will enlist the next day?
8. Once Finny is back, mornings have a new significance.  What is that?
9. Why does Gene change his mind about enlisting?
10. What nickname does Brinker earn?  What does it mean?
11. What is Finny's strange explanation for the war, in Ch. 8?
12. In Ch. 9, what is Finny's "vision of peace"? What does Gene think of that vision?
13. Why does Leper enlist?  Do you think he is a victim of propaganda?
14. What does the Winter Carnival symbolize?
15. How do the other students react to Leper's enlistment?
16. How does the tone change at the end of Ch. 9?  To whom is the telegram addressed?  What is in it?