Long Way Down Quizzes

Long Way Down Quiz 1

1 Who wrote Long Way Down?
William Holloman

Winston Smith

Jason Reynolds

Somerset Maugham
2 What genre is Long Way Down?
Young Adult Fiction

Young Adult Nonfiction

Literary Fantasy

Drama
3 What form does the text within the novel take?
Verse

Prose

Stage directions

None of these
4 To whom is the book dedicated?
Gangsters

Youth offenders in detention centers

The wrongly accused

The Baltimore police
5 In what country does the novel likely take place?
Brazil

France

India

United States
6 In what city does the novel take place?
It is never specified

Baltimore

Seattle

New York City
7 Who narrates Long Way Down?
Jason

Matt

Will

Felix
8 Who is the protagonist?
Dani

Buck

Shawn

Will
9 Who is not an antagonist?
Buck

Mikey

Edwina

Dani
10 How old is Will?
Fifteen

Twelve

Twenty

Thirty
11 What is Will's surname?
Washington

Jackson

Holloman

Reynolds
12 What is Will's full first name?
William

Wilhelm

Willem

Billy
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 girlfriend is shot dead

Will's brother moves to New York

Will's mother leaves the family

Will's brother is shot dead
15 What is Will doing when Shawn is killed?
Talking to his friend Tony

Drinking

Gambling

Doing homework
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 aunt

His boyfriend

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

Foreshadowing

Metonymy

Metaphor
19 "Lots of sirens, howling," is an example of what literary device?
Auditory imagery

Visual imagery

Dramatic irony

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

He has no facial hair yet

He has no scars

His badge is upside-down
22 "Gunshots make everybody deaf and blind" is an example of what literary device?
Simile

Metonymy

Simple irony

Metaphor
23 What does Will hope to see in the sky the night Shawn dies?
The moon

God

Venus

Mars
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 gold chain

His shirt

His hat

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