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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Buck tell Will about giving the gun to Shawn in Chapter Two?
(a) That he told Shawn to pass it on to Will.
(b) That he told Shawn to put it somewhere that Will would not get.
(c) That he told Shawn to sell it after Shawn used it.
(d) That Buck had first stolen it from someone else.

3. Why is Will surprised that the girl can see the smoke in the elevator in Chapter Three?
(a) Because it is coming from Buck, who is a ghost.
(b) Because she is also a ghost.
(c) Because Will can not see the smoke.
(d) Because he had fanned the air to dissipate it.

4. What does Will find “even sadder” when he speaks about Shawn’s death in Chapter One?
(a) That Shawn was so young.
(b) That Shawn was killed instead of Will.
(c) That Shawn’s death is not surprising.
(d) That it was inevitable.

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

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

7. What is Will’s random thought in Chapter One?
(a) That he wishes he had a different life.
(b) That he did not eat dinner.
(c) That blood looks like chocolate syrup.
(d) That the streetlights are golden.

8. What did the "L" button in the elevator stand for to Shawn and Will as kids as said in Chapter Two?
(a) Liar.
(b) Loser.
(c) Lilac.
(d) Lucky.

9. What are Tony and Will talking about in Chapter One?
(a) If they will grow taller 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 get girlfriends now that they are 15.
(d) If they will be allowed to go to the dances now that they are 15.

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

11. Why does Will tell the girl in the elevator in Chapter Three that she should not be asking him about the gun?
(a) Because that is not a question to ask someone she does not know.
(b) Because he does not want to get her involved.
(c) Because she does not want to get involved in this business.
(d) Because she is a girl.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Will do the night that Dani died as told in Chapter Three?

2. In Chapter One, what does Will say he has never been in?

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

4. How does Buck laughing at Will feel to Will in Chapter Two?

5. What does Will explain to Dani in Chapter Three?

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