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?
Literary Fantasy

Young Adult Fiction

Young Adult Nonfiction

Drama
3 What form does the text within the novel take?
Verse

Prose

Stage directions

None of these
4 To whom is the book dedicated?
The Baltimore police

Gangsters

The wrongly accused

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

United States

France

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?
Will

Felix

Matt

Jason
8 Who is the protagonist?
Shawn

Buck

Dani

Will
9 Who is not an antagonist?
Dani

Mikey

Edwina

Buck
10 How old is Will?
Thirty

Twelve

Fifteen

Twenty
11 What is Will's surname?
Washington

Reynolds

Jackson

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

Wilhelm

William

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

Being shot out of a cannon

Being sent home from school

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

Will's brother is shot dead

Will's brother moves to New York

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

Drinking

Talking to his friend Tony

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

Only one

Four

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

His girlfriend

His pastor

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

Foreshadowing

Metaphor

Metonymy
19 "Lots of sirens, howling," is an example of what literary device?
Dramatic irony

Auditory imagery

Olfactory imagery

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

He has no scars

He has no facial hair yet

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

Metonymy

Simile

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

God

The moon

Venus
24 What isn't visible in the sky the night Shawn dies?
The moon

Spaceships

Searchlights

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

His hat

His shirt

His cellphone

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