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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many bullets does Buck say there should be in the gun in Chapter Two?
(a) 15.
(b) Two.
(c) 14.
(d) 16.

2. In Chapter One, what does the morning light remind Will of?
(a) The sunrises he would watch with Shawn on the roof of their building.
(b) The Sunny-side up eggs that Will likes to eat for breakfast.
(c) The fireflies he would catch with Shawn.
(d) The song “Black and Yellow” by Wiz Khalifa.

3. What does Will pretend to himself that he dreams about about in Chapter One, the day after Shawn’s death?
(a) Revenge.
(b) Shawn.
(c) A different life.
(d) Their family together.

4. What is the anagram that Will thinks of when he realizes the girl is Dani in Chapter Three?
(a) PAIN = IP AN.
(b) FEEL = FLEE.
(c) AGAIN = A GAIN.
(d) WHATEVER = NEVER.

5. What scares Will at the end of Chapter Two?
(a) The elevator cable being cut.
(b) The elevator rumbling and taking a while.
(c) The elevator grinding to a halt.
(d) Buck laughing at him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Will find “even sadder” when he speaks about Shawn’s death in Chapter One?

2. What does the girl do to Will to get Will’s attention in Chapter Three?

3. What does Will say in Chapter One about how you, the reader, will be after they hear his story?

4. What did the "L" button in the elevator stand for to Shawn and Will as kids as said in Chapter Two?

5. Who is the gang that Riggs is a part of, as said in Chapter Two?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Shawn come to teach Will The Rules as explained in Chapter Three? What does Will feel after he is taught the Rules?

2. What is the picture of at the beginning of Chapter One? What does this image illustrate for the reader?

3. What does Will compare his mother’s eczema to in Chapter One? And how does he turn this into wordplay talking about the grudges in the neighborhood?

4. Who does Will think has killed Shawn in Chapter One? Why does Will think this?

5. After Will tells Buck what he is going to do, what does Buck tell Will about his plan to follow The Rules in Chapter Two? How does he compare Will to Shawn?

6. How does Will describe the sadness of losing someone you love in Chapter One?

7. What does Will think of when the girl in the elevator shows him the picture from her wallet in Chapter Three? Who is in the photo?

8. What are the people in Will’s neighborhood trained to do when there are gunshots, as described by Will in Chapter One?

9. In Chapter Two, how is the man who gets onto the elevator with Will described? How does Will find out he is Buck?

10. What does Dani ask Will when he tells her his plan in Chapter Three? How does he respond?

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