Long Way Down Quizzes

Long Way Down Quiz 1

1 Who wrote Long Way Down?
Jason Reynolds

Winston Smith

William Holloman

Somerset Maugham
2 What genre is Long Way Down?
Literary Fantasy

Young Adult Fiction

Drama

Young Adult Nonfiction
3 What form does the text within the novel take?
Verse

Stage directions

Prose

None of these
4 To whom is the book dedicated?
Youth offenders in detention centers

Gangsters

The wrongly accused

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

United States

Brazil

India
6 In what city does the novel take place?
Seattle

It is never specified

Baltimore

New York City
7 Who narrates Long Way Down?
Will

Jason

Matt

Felix
8 Who is the protagonist?
Buck

Dani

Will

Shawn
9 Who is not an antagonist?
Dani

Buck

Edwina

Mikey
10 How old is Will?
Fifteen

Thirty

Twenty

Twelve
11 What is Will's surname?
Washington

Holloman

Jackson

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

Willem

Billy

William
13 What does Will compare losing a loved one to?
Being sent home from school

Being tied to train tracks

Being shot out of a cannon

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

Will's girlfriend is shot dead

Will's brother is shot dead

Will's brother moves to New York
15 What is Will doing when Shawn is killed?
Gambling

Doing homework

Drinking

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

Four

Two

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

His pastor

His boyfriend

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

Metonymy

Simile

Foreshadowing
19 "Lots of sirens, howling," is an example of what literary device?
Dramatic irony

Visual imagery

Olfactory imagery

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?
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?
Metaphor

Simple irony

Metonymy

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

Venus

God

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 cellphone

His shirt

His hat

His gold chain

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