"Long Way Down" Jason Reynolds

He is the narrator of the novel, and he is mourning the loss of his brother.

• Shawn

• Will

• Mark

• Riggs

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He was shot and killed while he was buying soap for his mom.

• Shawn

• Mikey

• Frick

• Will

She was Will's childhood friend who was killed on the playground.

• Melanie

• Shawn

• Shanecia

• Dani

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He was Will's uncle, and he wanted to make a movie.

• Mikey

• Riggs

• Mark

• Frick

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He is a loudmouth who lives in Dark Sun territory.

• Riggs

• Mark

• Frick

• Buck

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He was a father figure to Shawn after Shawn's dad died.

• Mikey

• Will

• Buck

• Frick

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He needed to rob someone for his gang initiation, but he ended up killing someone.

• Buck

• Dani

• Mikey

• Frick

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He tried to get revenge for his brother's death, but he killed the wrong person.

• Mark

• Mikey

• Shawn

• Buck

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Jason Reynolds chose to write this novel in -

• prose

• verse

• riddles

• long form

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"Sleep ran from me for what seemed like forever" This quotation is an example of-

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• imagery

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