Long Way Down Quizzes

Long Way Down Quiz 1

1 Who wrote Long Way Down?
Jason Reynolds

Somerset Maugham

William Holloman

Winston Smith
2 What genre is Long Way Down?
Literary Fantasy

Drama

Young Adult Nonfiction

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

Verse

Stage directions

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

The wrongly accused

Youth offenders in detention centers

Gangsters
5 In what country does the novel likely take place?
France

Brazil

United States

India
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

Jason

Felix

Will
8 Who is the protagonist?
Buck

Will

Dani

Shawn
9 Who is not an antagonist?
Mikey

Dani

Buck

Edwina
10 How old is Will?
Twenty

Twelve

Thirty

Fifteen
11 What is Will's surname?
Washington

Reynolds

Holloman

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

William

Billy

Willem
13 What does Will compare losing a loved one to?
Being shot out of a cannon

Being tied to train tracks

Being sent home from school

Having a tooth pulled by a stranger
14 What is the inciting incident of the story?
Will's brother is shot dead

Will's brother moves to New York

Will's mother leaves the family

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

Talking to his friend Tony

Doing homework

Drinking
16 How many people die in the shooting that claims Shawn?
Three

Two

Only one

Four
17 Who screams over Shawn's body when he dies?
His boyfriend

His girlfriend

His pastor

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

Foreshadowing

Metaphor

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

Foreshadowing

Metaphor

None of these
21 Why does the questioning officer seem like a "newbie" to Will?
He has no facial hair yet

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

His badge is upside-down

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

Simile

Metaphor

Metonymy
23 What does Will hope to see in the sky the night Shawn dies?
God

Venus

Mars

The moon
24 What isn't visible in the sky the night Shawn dies?
The moon

Searchlights

Spaceships

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

His cellphone

His shirt

His hat

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