Long Way Down Quizzes

Long Way Down Quiz 1

1 Who wrote Long Way Down?
Winston Smith

Somerset Maugham

William Holloman

Jason Reynolds
2 What genre is Long Way Down?
Literary Fantasy

Drama

Young Adult Fiction

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

Prose

Verse

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?
Brazil

France

United States

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

It is never specified

Baltimore

New York City
7 Who narrates Long Way Down?
Jason

Felix

Matt

Will
8 Who is the protagonist?
Buck

Will

Shawn

Dani
9 Who is not an antagonist?
Buck

Edwina

Dani

Mikey
10 How old is Will?
Twenty

Thirty

Fifteen

Twelve
11 What is Will's surname?
Washington

Jackson

Holloman

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

Willem

Wilhelm

William
13 What does Will compare losing a loved one to?
Being tied to train tracks

Being sent home from school

Having a tooth pulled by a stranger

Being shot out of a cannon
14 What is the inciting incident of the story?
Will's brother is shot dead

Will's girlfriend is shot dead

Will's mother leaves the family

Will's brother moves to New York
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

Only one

Three

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

His girlfriend

His boyfriend

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

Metaphor

Metonymy

Simile
19 "Lots of sirens, howling," is an example of what literary device?
Dramatic irony

Olfactory imagery

Visual imagery

Auditory imagery
20 "We all turned to stone" is an example of what literary device?
Foreshadowing

Simile

Metaphor

None of these
21 Why does the questioning officer seem like a "newbie" to Will?
He has no scars

He has no facial hair yet

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

His badge is upside-down
22 "Gunshots make everybody deaf and blind" is an example of what literary device?
Simile

Simple irony

Metonymy

Metaphor
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?
Spaceships

The moon

Searchlights

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

His shirt

His gold chain

His cellphone

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