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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter One .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Will know is in Shawn’s corner-store bag in Chapter One?
(a) New cologne.
(b) His favorite chocolates.
(c) Special soap for his mother's eczema.
(d) A Platinum edition of “Me Against the World.”

2. What happened when Shawn was 15 that make Tony and Will hopeful in Chapter One?
(a) He grew a foot.
(b) He got cooler friends.
(c) He got all new clothes.
(d) He got a girlfriend.

3. What are Tony and Will talking about in Chapter One?
(a) If they will be allowed to go to the dances now that they are 15.
(b) If Shawn will let them hang out with his older friends now that they are 15.
(c) If they will grow taller now that they are 15.
(d) If they will get girlfriends now that they are 15.

4. What happens when police ask questions after Shawn’s death in Chapter One?
(a) The police get answers.
(b) Everyone turns to stone.
(c) New leads come up.
(d) Everyone names someone different.

5. In Chapter One, what does Will say he has never been in?
(a) An earthquake.
(b) A tsunami.
(c) A spaceship.
(d) A roller-coaster.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter One, where do we learn Will and his mother live?

2. In Chapter One, what does the morning light remind Will of?

3. What does Will pretend to himself that he dreams about about in Chapter One, the day after Shawn’s death?

4. What is Will’s full name that he tells the reader in Chapter One?

5. What does Will think the yellow tape the police put up does to the crime scene in Chapter One?

(see the answer key)

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