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?
Drama

Young Adult Fiction

Young Adult Nonfiction

Literary Fantasy
3 What form does the text within the novel take?
Prose

Stage directions

Verse

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

The wrongly accused

Youth offenders in detention centers

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?
Baltimore

Seattle

It is never specified

New York City
7 Who narrates Long Way Down?
Will

Felix

Jason

Matt
8 Who is the protagonist?
Will

Buck

Shawn

Dani
9 Who is not an antagonist?
Mikey

Dani

Buck

Edwina
10 How old is Will?
Fifteen

Twenty

Thirty

Twelve
11 What is Will's surname?
Reynolds

Holloman

Jackson

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

Wilhelm

Willem

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

Being sent home from school

Being tied to train tracks

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

Will's girlfriend is shot dead

Will's brother moves to New York

Will's mother leaves the family
15 What is Will doing when Shawn is killed?
Gambling

Talking to his friend Tony

Drinking

Doing homework
16 How many people die in the shooting that claims Shawn?
Two

Three

Only one

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

His boyfriend

His pastor

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

Foreshadowing

Simile

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

Auditory imagery

Olfactory 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 scars

He has no facial hair yet

His badge is upside-down

He asks questions like he really expects to get answers from witnesses
22 "Gunshots make everybody deaf and blind" is an example of what literary device?
Simile

Metaphor

Metonymy

Simple irony
23 What does Will hope to see in the sky the night Shawn dies?
Venus

God

The moon

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 gold chain

His hat

His shirt

His cellphone

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