Long Way Down Quizzes

Long Way Down Quiz 1

1 Who wrote Long Way Down?
William Holloman

Somerset Maugham

Winston Smith

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

Drama

Young Adult Fiction

Literary Fantasy
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

The wrongly accused

Youth offenders in detention centers

The Baltimore police
5 In what country does the novel likely take place?
United States

India

Brazil

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

It is never specified

Seattle

Baltimore
7 Who narrates Long Way Down?
Matt

Will

Felix

Jason
8 Who is the protagonist?
Buck

Will

Shawn

Dani
9 Who is not an antagonist?
Buck

Edwina

Mikey

Dani
10 How old is Will?
Twelve

Fifteen

Thirty

Twenty
11 What is Will's surname?
Jackson

Washington

Holloman

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

Billy

Wilhelm

William
13 What does Will compare losing a loved one to?
Having a tooth pulled by a stranger

Being tied to train tracks

Being shot out of a cannon

Being sent home from school
14 What is the inciting incident of the story?
Will's brother is shot dead

Will's brother moves to New York

Will's mother leaves the family

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?
Two

Three

Four

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

His girlfriend

His aunt

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

Metonymy

Foreshadowing

Simile
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?
Simile

Foreshadowing

Metaphor

None of these
21 Why does the questioning officer seem like a "newbie" to Will?
He has no facial hair yet

He has no scars

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?
Simile

Metaphor

Simple irony

Metonymy
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?
Spaceships

The moon

Searchlights

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

His gold chain

His cellphone

His hat

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