Long Way Down Quizzes

Long Way Down Quiz 1

1 Who wrote Long Way Down?
Jason Reynolds

William Holloman

Somerset Maugham

Winston Smith
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?
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?
Brazil

India

France

United States
6 In what city does the novel take place?
Seattle

New York City

Baltimore

It is never specified
7 Who narrates Long Way Down?
Matt

Felix

Jason

Will
8 Who is the protagonist?
Dani

Buck

Will

Shawn
9 Who is not an antagonist?
Dani

Mikey

Edwina

Buck
10 How old is Will?
Thirty

Fifteen

Twelve

Twenty
11 What is Will's surname?
Jackson

Reynolds

Holloman

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

Wilhelm

William

Billy
13 What does Will compare losing a loved one to?
Being sent home from school

Being shot out of a cannon

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 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?
Drinking

Talking to his friend Tony

Doing homework

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

Only one

Two

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

His pastor

His girlfriend

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

Foreshadowing

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 scars

His badge is upside-down

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

He has no facial hair yet
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?
God

Mars

Venus

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

The moon

Spaceships

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

His shirt

His cellphone

His gold chain

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