Long Way Down Quizzes

Long Way Down Quiz 1

1 Who wrote Long Way Down?
Jason Reynolds

Somerset Maugham

William Holloman

Winston Smith
2 What genre is Long Way Down?
Drama

Young Adult Nonfiction

Young Adult Fiction

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

Verse

Stage directions

None of these
4 To whom is the book dedicated?
The Baltimore police

Gangsters

Youth offenders in detention centers

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

France

United States

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

New York City

It is never specified

Seattle
7 Who narrates Long Way Down?
Felix

Will

Jason

Matt
8 Who is the protagonist?
Dani

Shawn

Buck

Will
9 Who is not an antagonist?
Edwina

Mikey

Dani

Buck
10 How old is Will?
Thirty

Twenty

Twelve

Fifteen
11 What is Will's surname?
Washington

Holloman

Jackson

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

Wilhelm

Billy

Willem
13 What does Will compare losing a loved one to?
Being shot out of a cannon

Being sent home from school

Having a tooth pulled by a stranger

Being tied to train tracks
14 What is the inciting incident of the story?
Will's girlfriend is shot dead

Will's mother leaves the family

Will's brother moves to New York

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

Gambling

Talking to his friend Tony

Doing homework
16 How many people die in the shooting that claims Shawn?
Two

Only one

Four

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

His girlfriend

His aunt

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

Foreshadowing

Metonymy

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

Dramatic irony

Visual imagery

Auditory imagery
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?
His badge is upside-down

He has no facial hair yet

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?
Simple irony

Metaphor

Simile

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

God

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 shirt

His cellphone

His gold chain

His hat

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