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?
Young Adult Nonfiction

Literary Fantasy

Drama

Young Adult Fiction
3 What form does the text within the novel take?
Prose

Verse

Stage directions

None of these
4 To whom is the book dedicated?
The wrongly accused

Youth offenders in detention centers

Gangsters

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

United States

Brazil

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

Seattle

It is never specified

New York City
7 Who narrates Long Way Down?
Felix

Jason

Will

Matt
8 Who is the protagonist?
Buck

Will

Shawn

Dani
9 Who is not an antagonist?
Dani

Edwina

Buck

Mikey
10 How old is Will?
Fifteen

Twelve

Thirty

Twenty
11 What is Will's surname?
Washington

Reynolds

Jackson

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

Billy

Wilhelm

William
13 What does Will compare losing a loved one to?
Being shot out of a cannon

Being sent home from school

Being tied to train tracks

Having a tooth pulled by a stranger
14 What is the inciting incident of the story?
Will's mother leaves the family

Will's brother is shot dead

Will's girlfriend is shot dead

Will's brother moves to New York
15 What is Will doing when Shawn is killed?
Gambling

Talking to his friend Tony

Doing homework

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

Two

Three

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

His boyfriend

His girlfriend

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

Metaphor

Simile

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

Dramatic irony

Auditory imagery

Olfactory 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 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?
Metonymy

Simple irony

Metaphor

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

Venus

Mars

God
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 gold chain

His cellphone

His shirt

His hat

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