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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 think the yellow tape the police put up does to the crime scene in Chapter One?
(a) Frames the crime scene like art.
(b) Fluttered with a reminder of what had happened.
(c) Isolated a part of the neighborhood.
(d) Gives it a surreal atmosphere.

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

3. What does the gun in the back of his waistband feel like to Will in Chapter One?
(a) Like an angry cat scratching at his back.
(b) Like a reminder of vengeance.
(c) Like a powerful extra vertebrae.
(d) Like a brick rubbing his skin raw.

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

5. What is the anagram on Will’s wall, as we learn in Chapter One?
(a) DISILLUSIONMENT = MEND ILLUSIONIST
(b) SCARE = WHO CARES
(c) THE RULES = THEE SLUR
(d) SCARE = CARES

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Will not let himself cry in Chapter One?

2. What is Will’s plan in Chapter One?

3. What are Tony and Will talking about in Chapter One?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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