| A | B |
|---|
| Gene | the major protagonist |
| Devon | the school the boys attend |
| Stanpole | the school doctor |
| Patch-Withers | substitute headmaster for the summer session |
| Brinker | instigated the mock trial |
| Finny | broke a record set by A. Hopkins Parker |
| Leper | liked to draw nature scenes |
| Olympics of 1944 | event for which Finny coaches Gene |
| Quackenbush | crew manager |
| World War II | Gene's "moment in history" |
| 1942 | story begins in the summer of this year |
| Winter Carnival | event at which the boys drank cider |
| beach | visiting here causes Gene to fail a test |
| gym | the first place Finny wanted to visit upon his return to Devon |
| blitzball | no teams in this sport |
| Prud'homme | substitute teacher for the summer session |
| First Building | where the mock trial is held |
| Naguamsett River | contrasted to the clean Devon River |
| Upper Middler | another name for Junior Year |
| Boston | Finny's home town |
| infirmary | on-campus health facility |
| Section Eight | type of discharge Leper was to get |
| Butt Room | place where Brinker first questions Gene |
| Term Tea | event at which Finny wears his tie as a belt |
| pink shirt | Finny's emblem |
| Central Europe | wearing the tie as a belt is supposed to symoblize the bombing going on here |
| ocean | where, according to Finny, the only real swimming takes place |
| Super Suicide Society of the Summer Session | name Finny gives to the "tree jump" group |
| badminton | game which is replaced by blitzball |
| valedictorian | graduation honor Gene hopes to attain |
| Lepellier | Leper's surname |
| Forrester | Gene's surname |
| Hadley | Brinker's surname |
| Ludsbury | one of the regular schoolmasters |
| Washington | according to Finny, where the "fat, old men" live who perpetrated the war |
| ski troops | seeing a film on this group makes Leper want to enlist |
| Christmas Location | Leper's house |
