Long Way Down Quizzes

Long Way Down Quiz 1

1 Who wrote Long Way Down?
Winston Smith

William Holloman

Somerset Maugham

Jason Reynolds
2 What genre is Long Way Down?
Drama

Literary Fantasy

Young Adult Nonfiction

Young Adult Fiction
3 What form does the text within the novel take?
Stage directions

Verse

Prose

None of these
4 To whom is the book dedicated?
The Baltimore police

Gangsters

Youth offenders in detention centers

The wrongly accused
5 In what country does the novel likely take place?
India

Brazil

France

United States
6 In what city does the novel take place?
New York City

Seattle

It is never specified

Baltimore
7 Who narrates Long Way Down?
Matt

Will

Jason

Felix
8 Who is the protagonist?
Dani

Buck

Shawn

Will
9 Who is not an antagonist?
Dani

Buck

Edwina

Mikey
10 How old is Will?
Thirty

Fifteen

Twenty

Twelve
11 What is Will's surname?
Reynolds

Holloman

Washington

Jackson
12 What is Will's full first name?
Billy

Willem

William

Wilhelm
13 What does Will compare losing a loved one to?
Being tied to train tracks

Being shot out of a cannon

Being sent home from school

Having a tooth pulled by a stranger
14 What is the inciting incident of the story?
Will's mother leaves the family

Will's brother moves to New York

Will's girlfriend is shot dead

Will's brother is shot dead
15 What is Will doing when Shawn is killed?
Gambling

Drinking

Doing homework

Talking to his friend Tony
16 How many people die in the shooting that claims Shawn?
Four

Two

Only one

Three
17 Who screams over Shawn's body when he dies?
His pastor

His girlfriend

His boyfriend

His aunt
18 "Hanging over my brother's body like a dimmed light post" is an example of what literary device?
Metaphor

Simile

Foreshadowing

Metonymy
19 "Lots of sirens, howling," is an example of what literary device?
Olfactory imagery

Visual imagery

Dramatic irony

Auditory imagery
20 "We all turned to stone" is an example of what literary device?
Simile

Metaphor

Foreshadowing

None of these
21 Why does the questioning officer seem like a "newbie" to Will?
His badge is upside-down

He has no scars

He asks questions like he really expects to get answers from witnesses

He has no facial hair yet
22 "Gunshots make everybody deaf and blind" is an example of what literary device?
Simple irony

Metaphor

Metonymy

Simile
23 What does Will hope to see in the sky the night Shawn dies?
Mars

The moon

Venus

God
24 What isn't visible in the sky the night Shawn dies?
Searchlights

Spaceships

The moon

All of these
25 What does Will notice the killer didn't take from Shawn?
His cellphone

His shirt

His hat

His gold chain

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