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?
Young Adult Nonfiction

Literary Fantasy

Young Adult Fiction

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

Stage directions

Verse

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

Gangsters

Youth offenders in detention centers

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

Brazil

France

United States
6 In what city does the novel take place?
New York City

Seattle

Baltimore

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

Felix

Matt

Will
8 Who is the protagonist?
Shawn

Buck

Will

Dani
9 Who is not an antagonist?
Edwina

Dani

Buck

Mikey
10 How old is Will?
Thirty

Fifteen

Twelve

Twenty
11 What is Will's surname?
Reynolds

Holloman

Jackson

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

William

Willem

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

Having a tooth pulled by a stranger

Being sent home from school

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

Will's brother moves to New York

Will's mother leaves the family

Will's girlfriend is shot dead
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?
Four

Three

Only one

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

His aunt

His pastor

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

Metonymy

Foreshadowing

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

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

His badge is upside-down

He has no facial hair yet
22 "Gunshots make everybody deaf and blind" is an example of what literary device?
Metaphor

Simile

Simple irony

Metonymy
23 What does Will hope to see in the sky the night Shawn dies?
God

Venus

Mars

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 cellphone

His hat

His shirt

His gold chain

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