Long Way Down Quizzes

Long Way Down Quiz 1

1 Who wrote Long Way Down?
William Holloman

Winston Smith

Jason Reynolds

Somerset Maugham
2 What genre is Long Way Down?
Drama

Young Adult Nonfiction

Literary Fantasy

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

Prose

Stage directions

None of these
4 To whom is the book dedicated?
Youth offenders in detention centers

The wrongly accused

Gangsters

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

Brazil

France

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

Baltimore

New York City

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

Will

Felix

Jason
8 Who is the protagonist?
Buck

Will

Shawn

Dani
9 Who is not an antagonist?
Buck

Mikey

Edwina

Dani
10 How old is Will?
Twenty

Twelve

Fifteen

Thirty
11 What is Will's surname?
Reynolds

Jackson

Washington

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

William

Willem

Billy
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 brother moves to New York

Will's mother leaves the family

Will's girlfriend is shot dead

Will's brother is shot dead
15 What is Will doing when Shawn is killed?
Drinking

Gambling

Doing homework

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

Four

Three

Only one
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

Metonymy

Metaphor

Foreshadowing
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?
Metaphor

Simile

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?
Venus

The moon

God

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

Searchlights

The moon

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

His hat

His cellphone

His gold chain

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