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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where has the anagram that Will thinks about Dani in Chapter Three also been seen in the novel before?
(a) Written on Will’s bedroom wall in pencil.
(b) Transcribed on all of Will’s notebooks.
(c) Silk-screen onto a t-shirt in Will’s closet.
(d) Tattooed on Will’s wrist.

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

4. In Chapter One, what does Will say happened to his brother Shawn?
(a) Shawn was picked on by some thugs.
(b) Shawn picked up soap for his mother.
(c) Shawn was shot and killed.
(d) Shawn got married to his girlfriend Leticia.

5. What does Will try to do as the girl stands in the elevator in Chapter Three?
(a) Get her number.
(b) Check her out.
(c) Figure out who she is.
(d) Kiss her.

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

7. 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) Revenge.
(d) Shawn.

8. In Chapter Two, what does Will tell Buck he is going to do?
(a) Shoot Buck.
(b) Follow The Rules.
(c) Sell Buck's gun.
(d) Get out of town.

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

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

11. What does the girl do to Will to get Will’s attention in Chapter Three?
(a) Brush her hand against his.
(b) Poke him with her bag.
(c) Pinch his shoulder.
(d) Kiss him.

12. What is the man who gets on the elevator wearing in Chapter Two?
(a) A gold ring.
(b) Gold earrings.
(c) Gold chains.
(d) A puffy jacket.

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

14. What does Will describe in the first poem of Chapter Two?
(a) The Elevator Rules.
(b) How to make ice cream.
(c) How to make ice cream.
(d) The Street Rules.

15. What does Will say one has to do to make it big in basketball in Chapter One?
(a) Dance.
(b) Fly.
(c) Rocket.
(d) Have a rich dad.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Will know is in Shawn’s corner-store bag in Chapter One?

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

3. Who is the man on the elevator with Will in Chapter Two?

4. What is the anagram on Will’s wall, as we learn in Chapter One?

5. Who do we learn in Chapter Two taught Shawn The Rules?

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