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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Will feel on waking up the day after Shawn dies in Chapter One?
(a) Guilty.
(b) Sad.
(c) Numb.
(d) Vengeful.

2. What does Will think about himself when he thinks that Buck is not taking him seriously in Chapter Two?
(a) That he will "show Buck" (98).
(b) That Buck does not actually know him.
(c) That he, Will, is “forreal” (98).
(d) That he does not want Buck’s approval anyway.

3. What does Buck take out of his pocket in Chapter Two?
(a) The missing bullet.
(b) Cigarettes.
(c) A pen.
(d) A lighter.

4. What does Will say in Chapter One about how you, the reader, will be after they hear his story?
(a) He says “you will know him” (2).
(b) He says you will not want to be his friend.
(c) He says you will admire him.
(d) He says you will run away.

5. What did Shawn teach Will how to do on the playground as Will tells us in Chapter One?
(a) A Penny Drop.
(b) Climb the monkey bars.
(c) Flirt with girls.
(d) Graffiti the walls.

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

7. What does Dani ask when Will asks about her smoking in Chapter Three?
(a) “Why don’t you?” (146).
(b) “You shoot?” (146).
(c) “Why, do you want one?” (146).
(d) “Are you really going to judge me?” (146).

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

9. Why does Will decide not to flirt with the girl in the elevator in Chapter Three?
(a) Because there is a ghost in the elevator.
(b) Because he wants to get to know who she is first.
(c) Because the elevator is a short ride.
(d) Because he needs to have his head together for his plan.

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

11. What does Buck do to diffuse the situation between Will and Dani in Chapter Three?
(a) Make snide commentary.
(b) Laugh.
(c) Offer Dani a cigarette.
(d) Comfort Dani.

12. How does Buck laughing at Will feel to Will in Chapter Two?
(a) Like a “bullet’s bang” (100).
(b) Like being told he is a little child.
(c) Like mocking.
(d) Like the laughter is "tearing him apart' (100).

13. What does Buck do when Will acts macho in Chapter Two?
(a) Act macho back.
(b) Tell Will he is just a child.
(c) Cower in fear.
(d) Laugh at Will.

14. What does Will think of when he takes Shawn’s gun out from under his pillow after waking up in Chapter One?
(a) Of how much he dislikes guns.
(b) Of how cold it is.
(c) Of how afraid he is.
(d) Of holding Shawn’s hand while walking to the store, and being taught to do a Penny Drop.

15. What does Will explain to Dani in Chapter Three?
(a) How to do a Penny Drop.
(b) How to load a gun.
(c) The Rules.
(d) How to flirt.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why does Will tell the girl in the elevator in Chapter Three that she should not be asking him about the gun?

4. What does Will try to do as the girl stands in the elevator in Chapter Three?

5. What do we learn that Shawn taught Will the night after Dani died?

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