Long Way Down Quizzes

Long Way Down Quiz 1

1 Who wrote Long Way Down?
Winston Smith

William Holloman

Jason Reynolds

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?
Stage directions

Verse

Prose

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

The Baltimore police

Gangsters

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

France

India

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

Seattle

New York City

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

Matt

Felix

Will
8 Who is the protagonist?
Dani

Will

Buck

Shawn
9 Who is not an antagonist?
Dani

Edwina

Mikey

Buck
10 How old is Will?
Fifteen

Twelve

Twenty

Thirty
11 What is Will's surname?
Reynolds

Washington

Jackson

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

Willem

Billy

William
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 girlfriend is shot dead

Will's mother leaves the family

Will's brother moves to New York

Will's brother is shot dead
15 What is Will doing when Shawn is killed?
Talking to his friend Tony

Doing homework

Drinking

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

Only one

Four

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

His aunt

His girlfriend

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

Simile

Metonymy

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

Dramatic irony

Olfactory imagery

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

Metaphor

Foreshadowing

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

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?
The moon

Spaceships

Searchlights

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

His hat

His shirt

His cellphone

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