Long Way Down Quizzes

Long Way Down Quiz 1

1 Who wrote Long Way Down?
Winston Smith

William Holloman

Somerset Maugham

Jason Reynolds
2 What genre is Long Way Down?
Literary Fantasy

Young Adult Fiction

Young Adult Nonfiction

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

Youth offenders in detention centers

Gangsters

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

India

United States

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

Baltimore

New York City

Seattle
7 Who narrates Long Way Down?
Felix

Jason

Will

Matt
8 Who is the protagonist?
Shawn

Dani

Buck

Will
9 Who is not an antagonist?
Buck

Edwina

Mikey

Dani
10 How old is Will?
Twelve

Thirty

Fifteen

Twenty
11 What is Will's surname?
Holloman

Jackson

Washington

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

William

Wilhelm

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

Being tied to train tracks

Being shot out of a cannon

Being sent home from school
14 What is the inciting incident of the story?
Will's brother is shot dead

Will's girlfriend is shot dead

Will's mother leaves the family

Will's brother moves to New York
15 What is Will doing when Shawn is killed?
Gambling

Drinking

Doing homework

Talking to his friend Tony
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 boyfriend

His pastor

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

Foreshadowing

Metaphor

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

Auditory imagery

Olfactory imagery

Dramatic irony
20 "We all turned to stone" is an example of what literary device?
Foreshadowing

Metaphor

Simile

None of these
21 Why does the questioning officer seem like a "newbie" to Will?
He asks questions like he really expects to get answers from witnesses

He has no scars

He has no facial hair yet

His badge is upside-down
22 "Gunshots make everybody deaf and blind" is an example of what literary device?
Simile

Metonymy

Simple irony

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

Venus

The moon

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

Spaceships

The moon

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

His hat

His cellphone

His shirt

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