Long Way Down Quizzes

Long Way Down Quiz 1

1 Who wrote Long Way Down?
Jason Reynolds

Winston Smith

William Holloman

Somerset Maugham
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?
Verse

Stage directions

Prose

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

The wrongly accused

The Baltimore police

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

Baltimore

New York City
7 Who narrates Long Way Down?
Jason

Matt

Will

Felix
8 Who is the protagonist?
Dani

Will

Shawn

Buck
9 Who is not an antagonist?
Mikey

Buck

Edwina

Dani
10 How old is Will?
Thirty

Twenty

Fifteen

Twelve
11 What is Will's surname?
Holloman

Jackson

Washington

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

William

Billy

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

Being tied to train tracks

Being sent home from school

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 is shot dead

Will's brother moves to New York
15 What is Will doing when Shawn is killed?
Talking to his friend Tony

Doing homework

Gambling

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

Only one

Two

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

His pastor

His aunt

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

Metaphor

Metonymy

Simile
19 "Lots of sirens, howling," is an example of what literary device?
Auditory imagery

Visual imagery

Olfactory imagery

Dramatic irony
20 "We all turned to stone" is an example of what literary device?
Foreshadowing

Metaphor

Simile

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?
Metonymy

Simple irony

Metaphor

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

Venus

God

The moon
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 gold chain

His shirt

His hat

His cellphone

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