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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who do we learn in Chapter Two taught Shawn The Rules?
(a) Shawn's dad.
(b) Uncle Tony.
(c) Buck.
(d) Will.

3. What does Dani ask Will about his plan in Chapter Three?
(a) What will happen if Will misses.
(b) If he can find some other way to resolve this pain.
(c) If he wants to go to jail.
(d) If he has really thought this through.

4. What is happening to Buck’s cigarette in Chapter Three?
(a) It is emitting a whistling sound.
(b) It is burning, but not burning down.
(c) It is screaming.
(d) It is letting out green smoke.

5. Who was Buck to Shawn, as said by Will in Chapter Two?
(a) Shawn’s biggest enemy.
(b) Shawn’s best friend.
(c) The only big brother Shawn ever had.
(d) Shawn’s biological dad.

6. Why does Will not let himself cry in Chapter One?
(a) Because it is against The Rules.
(b) Because he does not want to let out his grief.
(c) Because he has never seen his older brother or dad cry.
(d) Because he has been raised with the damaging idea that men do not cry.

7. What does Buck ask Will about the gun in Chapter Two that Will has not thought about?
(a) If the gun is loaded.
(b) If Will has ever shot a gun before.
(c) If Shawn would have wanted him to shoot the gun.
(d) If the gun has an evil spirit inside.

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

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

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

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

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

13. What does Buck tell Will to do when Will is scared by the elevator in Chapter Two?
(a) “Relax … it’s a long way down” (97).
(b) “Manage your anger” (97).
(c) “Be zen” (97).
(d) “Don’t freak out man” (97).

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 holding Shawn’s hand while walking to the store, and being taught to do a Penny Drop.
(b) Of how cold it is.
(c) Of how afraid he is.
(d) Of how much he dislikes guns.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the anagram Will says in Chapter Two?

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

4. How does Buck press Will’s chest in Chapter Two?

5. How does Will feel on waking up the day after Shawn dies in Chapter One?

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