Long Way Down Quizzes

Long Way Down Quiz 1

1 Who wrote Long Way Down?
William Holloman

Jason Reynolds

Winston Smith

Somerset Maugham
2 What genre is Long Way Down?
Young Adult Nonfiction

Drama

Young Adult Fiction

Literary Fantasy
3 What form does the text within the novel take?
Stage directions

Prose

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

It is never specified

Baltimore
7 Who narrates Long Way Down?
Matt

Felix

Jason

Will
8 Who is the protagonist?
Will

Dani

Buck

Shawn
9 Who is not an antagonist?
Mikey

Dani

Edwina

Buck
10 How old is Will?
Thirty

Twelve

Fifteen

Twenty
11 What is Will's surname?
Holloman

Jackson

Reynolds

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

Billy

Wilhelm

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

Being tied to train tracks

Being shot out of a cannon

Having a tooth pulled by a stranger
14 What is the inciting incident of the story?
Will's girlfriend is shot dead

Will's brother moves to New York

Will's brother is shot dead

Will's mother leaves the family
15 What is Will doing when Shawn is killed?
Gambling

Talking to his friend Tony

Doing homework

Drinking
16 How many people die in the shooting that claims Shawn?
Only one

Two

Three

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

His pastor

His aunt

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

Metaphor

Foreshadowing

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

Olfactory imagery

Auditory imagery

Dramatic irony
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 facial hair yet

His badge is upside-down

He has no scars

He asks questions like he really expects to get answers from witnesses
22 "Gunshots make everybody deaf and blind" is an example of what literary device?
Metonymy

Metaphor

Simple irony

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

The moon

Mars

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

Searchlights

Spaceships

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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