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 Fiction

Young Adult Nonfiction

Literary Fantasy

Drama
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

Gangsters

The Baltimore police

The wrongly accused
5 In what country does the novel likely take place?
France

United States

India

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

New York City

Baltimore

Seattle
7 Who narrates Long Way Down?
Will

Felix

Jason

Matt
8 Who is the protagonist?
Dani

Buck

Will

Shawn
9 Who is not an antagonist?
Dani

Edwina

Mikey

Buck
10 How old is Will?
Twenty

Twelve

Fifteen

Thirty
11 What is Will's surname?
Washington

Holloman

Jackson

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

Wilhelm

William

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

Being tied to train tracks

Being sent home from school

Being shot out of a cannon
14 What is the inciting incident of the story?
Will's brother moves to New York

Will's brother is shot dead

Will's girlfriend is shot dead

Will's mother leaves the family
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?
Three

Four

Two

Only one
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?
Metaphor

Simile

Foreshadowing

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

Auditory imagery

Dramatic irony

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?
His badge is upside-down

He has no scars

He has no facial hair yet

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?
Metaphor

Metonymy

Simile

Simple irony
23 What does Will hope to see in the sky the night Shawn dies?
Venus

Mars

God

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 hat

His cellphone

His shirt

His gold chain

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