Long Way Down Quizzes

Long Way Down Quiz 1

1 Who wrote Long Way Down?
Somerset Maugham

Jason Reynolds

William Holloman

Winston Smith
2 What genre is Long Way Down?
Young Adult Nonfiction

Drama

Literary Fantasy

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

Verse

Prose

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?
France

India

United States

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

Baltimore

Seattle

New York City
7 Who narrates Long Way Down?
Matt

Jason

Will

Felix
8 Who is the protagonist?
Dani

Buck

Will

Shawn
9 Who is not an antagonist?
Edwina

Buck

Mikey

Dani
10 How old is Will?
Twelve

Fifteen

Twenty

Thirty
11 What is Will's surname?
Washington

Jackson

Reynolds

Holloman
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 sent home from school

Being shot out of a cannon

Being tied to train tracks
14 What is the inciting incident of the story?
Will's brother moves to New York

Will's girlfriend is shot dead

Will's brother is shot dead

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

Gambling

Talking to his friend Tony

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

Two

Four

Only one
17 Who screams over Shawn's body when he dies?
His pastor

His aunt

His boyfriend

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

Metonymy

Metaphor

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

Visual 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?
His badge is upside-down

He has no scars

He asks questions like he really expects to get answers from witnesses

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

Simple irony

Metaphor

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

Venus

The moon

God
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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