Long Way Down Quizzes

Long Way Down Quiz 1

1 Who wrote Long Way Down?
Somerset Maugham

Winston Smith

William Holloman

Jason Reynolds
2 What genre is Long Way Down?
Young Adult Fiction

Young Adult Nonfiction

Literary Fantasy

Drama
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

Youth offenders in detention centers

The Baltimore police

Gangsters
5 In what country does the novel likely take place?
India

United States

France

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

New York City

Seattle

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

Jason

Felix

Matt
8 Who is the protagonist?
Shawn

Buck

Will

Dani
9 Who is not an antagonist?
Dani

Edwina

Buck

Mikey
10 How old is Will?
Twelve

Fifteen

Thirty

Twenty
11 What is Will's surname?
Holloman

Jackson

Washington

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

Willem

Wilhelm

Billy
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 mother leaves the family

Will's brother is shot dead

Will's brother moves to New York

Will's girlfriend is shot dead
15 What is Will doing when Shawn is killed?
Doing homework

Talking to his friend Tony

Drinking

Gambling
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 boyfriend

His aunt

His pastor

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

Simile

Foreshadowing

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

Dramatic irony

Visual imagery

Olfactory imagery
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

His badge is upside-down

He has no scars

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

Simple irony

Metonymy

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

Mars

The moon

Venus
24 What isn't visible in the sky the night Shawn dies?
Spaceships

The moon

Searchlights

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

His gold chain

His hat

His shirt

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