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

Young Adult Fiction

Drama

Young Adult Nonfiction
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 wrongly accused

The Baltimore police

Youth offenders in detention centers

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

United States

Brazil

France

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

Felix

Matt

Jason
8 Who is the protagonist?

Shawn

Buck

Dani

Will
9 Who is not an antagonist?

Dani

Buck

Mikey

Edwina
10 How old is Will?

Fifteen

Thirty

Twelve

Twenty
11 What is Will's surname?

Reynolds

Jackson

Holloman

Washington
12 What is Will's full first name?

Billy

Wilhelm

Willem

William
13 What does Will compare losing a loved one to?

Being tied to train tracks

Being shot out of a cannon

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 mother leaves the family

Will's brother moves to New York

Will's girlfriend 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?

Only one

Two

Four

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

His aunt

His boyfriend

His pastor

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

Foreshadowing

Simile

Metaphor

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

Auditory imagery

Dramatic irony

Olfactory imagery

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

Metaphor

Simile

Foreshadowing

None of these
21 Why does the questioning officer seem like a "newbie" to Will?

He has no facial hair yet

His badge is upside-down

He has no scars

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

Simple irony

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?

Spaceships

Searchlights

The moon

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

His hat

His shirt

His cellphone

His gold chain

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