Long Way Down Test

Name the type of figurative language found in the following quote: “Said he took the long way, turned pistol into poof, turned bang-bang into hush-hush” (Reynolds 215).

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

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Name the type of figurative language found in the following quote: “Cigarette smoke ain't supposed to be no wool blanket, ain't supposed to be no blizzard, no snowy TV” (Reynolds 150).

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

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What rule does Will and Shawn break on the elevator?

• No crying

• No snitching

• Seek revenge

• He doesn’t break any rules

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What time of day does Will plan on getting revenge and shooting Riggs?

• Late Evening

• Midnight

• Early Morning

• Early Afternoon

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Who is the first person Will encounters on the elevator?

• Riggs

• Buck

• Shawn

• Dani

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Based on the following piece of text evidence, what character trait would you give Will’s dad: “...my father looked at me with hollow eyes dancing somewhere between guilt and grief, which I couldn’t make sense of until my father admitted that he had killed the wrong guy” (Reynolds 218)?

• Stubborn

• Careless

• Determined

• Trustworthy

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How does the main character of your novel change by the end of the story?

• Will becomes hardened by the neighborhood and decides to avenge his brother’s death.

• Will is relieved that he will no longer have to follow the rules of the neighborhood.

• Will is torn on whether or not to follow the rules of the neighborhood.

• Will becomes depressed by the recent death of his brother, much like his mom.

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Which of the following details the main conflict of Long Way Down?

• Will is internally struggling with whether or not to avenge his brother’s death

• After his brother’s murder, he is going to avenge his brother’s death by killing Riggs.

• Will is internally struggling with the lack of a role model due to his dad’s death.

• In the elevator, Will is harassed by the ghosts of his past.

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How is the conflict in the story resolved?

• Will decides to turn in Riggs to the police.

• Will decides to kill his brother’s murderer.

• Will decides to take the high road and returns home.

• The story is left on a cliffhanger and is not resolved

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Which of the following themes is NOT present in Long Way Down?

• Revenge can have temporary satisfaction, but negative long term outcomes.

• When violence is used to resolve issues, the consequences are disastrous.

• Love for one’s family can alter us in positive and negative ways.

• You should not judge people based on their social economic status.

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