Long Way Down Quizzes

Long Way Down Quiz 1

1 Who wrote Long Way Down?
Jason Reynolds

Winston Smith

Somerset Maugham

William Holloman
2 What genre is Long Way Down?
Young Adult Nonfiction

Young Adult Fiction

Literary Fantasy

Drama
3 What form does the text within the novel take?
Stage directions

Prose

Verse

None of these
4 To whom is the book dedicated?
The wrongly accused

Youth offenders in detention centers

The Baltimore police

Gangsters
5 In what country does the novel likely take place?
France

India

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?
Jason

Matt

Will

Felix
8 Who is the protagonist?
Buck

Dani

Shawn

Will
9 Who is not an antagonist?
Edwina

Dani

Mikey

Buck
10 How old is Will?
Twelve

Fifteen

Thirty

Twenty
11 What is Will's surname?
Jackson

Reynolds

Holloman

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

Billy

William

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

Being shot out of a cannon

Having a tooth pulled by a stranger

Being sent home from school
14 What is the inciting incident of the story?
Will's mother leaves the family

Will's girlfriend is shot dead

Will's brother is shot dead

Will's brother moves to New York
15 What is Will doing when Shawn is killed?
Drinking

Talking to his friend Tony

Gambling

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

Two

Three

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

His boyfriend

His aunt

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

Metaphor

Simile

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

Auditory imagery

Visual imagery

Olfactory 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 scars

He has no facial hair yet

His badge is upside-down

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

Metonymy

Simile

Metaphor
23 What does Will hope to see in the sky the night Shawn dies?
The moon

God

Mars

Venus
24 What isn't visible in the sky the night Shawn dies?
Searchlights

The moon

Spaceships

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

His gold chain

His cellphone

His shirt

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