Long Way Down Quizzes

Long Way Down Quiz 1

1 Who wrote Long Way Down?
Winston Smith

Jason Reynolds

Somerset Maugham

William Holloman
2 What genre is Long Way Down?
Drama

Young Adult Nonfiction

Young Adult Fiction

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

Verse

Prose

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

The Baltimore police

The wrongly accused

Youth offenders in detention centers
5 In what country does the novel likely take place?
United States

India

France

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

Seattle

New York City

Baltimore
7 Who narrates Long Way Down?
Felix

Jason

Matt

Will
8 Who is the protagonist?
Buck

Shawn

Will

Dani
9 Who is not an antagonist?
Mikey

Buck

Dani

Edwina
10 How old is Will?
Thirty

Twelve

Fifteen

Twenty
11 What is Will's surname?
Jackson

Reynolds

Washington

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

Willem

Wilhelm

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

Being tied to train tracks

Having a tooth pulled by a stranger

Being shot out of a cannon
14 What is the inciting incident of the story?
Will's mother leaves the family

Will's girlfriend is shot dead

Will's brother moves to New York

Will's brother is shot dead
15 What is Will doing when Shawn is killed?
Drinking

Gambling

Doing homework

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

Three

Only one

Two
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?
Simile

Foreshadowing

Metonymy

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

Auditory imagery

Olfactory imagery

Dramatic irony
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 asks questions like he really expects to get answers from witnesses

He has no facial hair yet

He has no scars

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

Simple irony

Metonymy

Metaphor
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?
The moon

Searchlights

Spaceships

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

His hat

His cellphone

His gold chain

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