Long Way Down Quizzes

Long Way Down Quiz 1

1 Who wrote Long Way Down?
Jason Reynolds

Somerset Maugham

Winston Smith

William Holloman
2 What genre is Long Way Down?
Young Adult Nonfiction

Literary Fantasy

Young Adult Fiction

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

Stage directions

Prose

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

The Baltimore police

Youth offenders in detention centers

Gangsters
5 In what country does the novel likely take place?
India

United States

Brazil

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

New York City

Baltimore

Seattle
7 Who narrates Long Way Down?
Felix

Jason

Matt

Will
8 Who is the protagonist?
Shawn

Buck

Dani

Will
9 Who is not an antagonist?
Dani

Edwina

Buck

Mikey
10 How old is Will?
Fifteen

Twelve

Twenty

Thirty
11 What is Will's surname?
Jackson

Washington

Reynolds

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

William

Wilhelm

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

Being sent home from school

Being tied to train tracks

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?
Doing homework

Drinking

Talking to his friend Tony

Gambling
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 pastor

His girlfriend

His aunt

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

Metonymy

Simile

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

Visual imagery

Olfactory imagery

Auditory imagery
20 "We all turned to stone" is an example of what literary device?
Metaphor

Foreshadowing

Simile

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?
Metaphor

Metonymy

Simile

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

The moon

Mars

God
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 shirt

His gold chain

His cellphone

His hat

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