Long Way Down Quizzes

Long Way Down Quiz 1

1 Who wrote Long Way Down?
Jason Reynolds

Winston Smith

Somerset Maugham

William Holloman
2 What genre is Long Way Down?
Drama

Young Adult Fiction

Literary Fantasy

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?
Gangsters

Youth offenders in detention centers

The Baltimore police

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

Brazil

United States

India
6 In what city does the novel take place?
Seattle

It is never specified

New York City

Baltimore
7 Who narrates Long Way Down?
Jason

Felix

Will

Matt
8 Who is the protagonist?
Will

Dani

Shawn

Buck
9 Who is not an antagonist?
Mikey

Dani

Buck

Edwina
10 How old is Will?
Twelve

Thirty

Fifteen

Twenty
11 What is Will's surname?
Reynolds

Washington

Holloman

Jackson
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 tied to train tracks

Having a tooth pulled by a stranger

Being sent home from school
14 What is the inciting incident of the story?
Will's brother moves to New York

Will's girlfriend is shot dead

Will's brother is shot dead

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

Talking to his friend Tony

Doing homework

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

Four

Only one

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

His pastor

His aunt

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

Simile

Foreshadowing

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

Auditory imagery

Dramatic irony

Olfactory 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

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

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

Metaphor

Metonymy

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

The moon

God

Mars
24 What isn't visible in the sky the night Shawn dies?
Searchlights

The moon

Spaceships

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

His cellphone

His shirt

His hat

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