Long Way Down Quizzes

Long Way Down Quiz 1

1 Who wrote Long Way Down?
Somerset Maugham

William Holloman

Winston Smith

Jason Reynolds
2 What genre is Long Way Down?
Young Adult Nonfiction

Young Adult Fiction

Drama

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

Youth offenders in detention centers

The Baltimore police

The wrongly accused
5 In what country does the novel likely take place?
India

United States

France

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

New York City

Seattle

Baltimore
7 Who narrates Long Way Down?
Matt

Jason

Will

Felix
8 Who is the protagonist?
Buck

Dani

Will

Shawn
9 Who is not an antagonist?
Buck

Dani

Edwina

Mikey
10 How old is Will?
Thirty

Fifteen

Twenty

Twelve
11 What is Will's surname?
Reynolds

Holloman

Jackson

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

Wilhelm

Billy

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

Having a tooth pulled by a stranger

Being shot out of a cannon

Being tied to train tracks
14 What is the inciting incident of the story?
Will's brother moves to New York

Will's brother is shot dead

Will's mother leaves the family

Will's girlfriend is shot dead
15 What is Will doing when Shawn is killed?
Gambling

Doing homework

Talking to his friend Tony

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

Only one

Four

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

His aunt

His pastor

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?
Auditory imagery

Olfactory imagery

Dramatic irony

Visual 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 has no facial hair yet

His badge is upside-down

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

He has no scars
22 "Gunshots make everybody deaf and blind" is an example of what literary device?
Simple irony

Simile

Metaphor

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

Mars

God

Venus
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 hat

His gold chain

His shirt

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