Long Way Down Quizzes

Long Way Down Quiz 1

1 Who wrote Long Way Down?
William Holloman

Winston Smith

Somerset Maugham

Jason Reynolds
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?
Verse

Prose

Stage directions

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?
France

Brazil

United States

India
6 In what city does the novel take place?
New York City

Seattle

Baltimore

It is never specified
7 Who narrates Long Way Down?
Matt

Jason

Felix

Will
8 Who is the protagonist?
Shawn

Will

Buck

Dani
9 Who is not an antagonist?
Buck

Dani

Mikey

Edwina
10 How old is Will?
Twenty

Fifteen

Thirty

Twelve
11 What is Will's surname?
Washington

Jackson

Reynolds

Holloman
12 What is Will's full first name?
Willem

Billy

William

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

Being shot out of a cannon

Having a tooth pulled by a stranger

Being tied to train tracks
14 What is the inciting incident of the story?
Will's brother is shot dead

Will's girlfriend is shot dead

Will's mother leaves the family

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

Gambling

Drinking

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

Four

Three

Two
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?
Simile

Metaphor

Metonymy

Foreshadowing
19 "Lots of sirens, howling," is an example of what literary device?
Visual imagery

Olfactory imagery

Auditory imagery

Dramatic irony
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 scars

His badge is upside-down

He has no facial hair yet
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?
Mars

The moon

Venus

God
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 gold chain

His shirt

His cellphone

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