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?
Literary Fantasy

Drama

Young Adult Nonfiction

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

Verse

Prose

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

Gangsters

The Baltimore police

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

Brazil

United States

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

Seattle

New York City

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

Felix

Jason

Matt
8 Who is the protagonist?
Shawn

Will

Buck

Dani
9 Who is not an antagonist?
Buck

Edwina

Mikey

Dani
10 How old is Will?
Fifteen

Thirty

Twenty

Twelve
11 What is Will's surname?
Jackson

Washington

Holloman

Reynolds
12 What is Will's full first name?
Wilhelm

Willem

Billy

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

Having a tooth pulled by a stranger

Being shot out of a cannon

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?
Drinking

Doing homework

Gambling

Talking to his friend Tony
16 How many people die in the shooting that claims Shawn?
Two

Three

Four

Only one
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?
Metaphor

Foreshadowing

Simile

Metonymy
19 "Lots of sirens, howling," is an example of what literary device?
Auditory imagery

Olfactory imagery

Dramatic irony

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 has no facial hair yet

His badge is upside-down

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

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

Simile

Metonymy

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

The moon

Venus

God
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 cellphone

His shirt

His hat

His gold chain

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