Long Way Down Quizzes

Long Way Down Quiz 1

1 Who wrote Long Way Down?
William Holloman

Somerset Maugham

Jason Reynolds

Winston Smith
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

The wrongly accused

The Baltimore police

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

United States

Brazil

France
6 In what city does the novel take place?
Baltimore

New York City

It is never specified

Seattle
7 Who narrates Long Way Down?
Matt

Felix

Jason

Will
8 Who is the protagonist?
Shawn

Buck

Will

Dani
9 Who is not an antagonist?
Dani

Mikey

Buck

Edwina
10 How old is Will?
Twelve

Fifteen

Thirty

Twenty
11 What is Will's surname?
Holloman

Jackson

Reynolds

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

William

Willem

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

Being sent home from school

Having a tooth pulled by a stranger

Being shot out of a cannon
14 What is the inciting incident of the story?
Will's brother moves to New York

Will's mother leaves the family

Will's brother is shot dead

Will's girlfriend 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

Three

Two

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

His pastor

His aunt

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

Metonymy

Simile

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

Dramatic irony

Auditory imagery

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

Simile

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

He has no scars

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

Simple irony

Metaphor

Simile
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?
Searchlights

Spaceships

The moon

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

His shirt

His cellphone

His hat

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