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

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) Isolated a part of the neighborhood.
(c) Gives it a surreal atmosphere.
(d) Fluttered with a reminder of what had happened.

2. What does the girl on the elevator show Will in Chapter Three?
(a) A picture of him and his best friend Dani at age eight.
(b) A picture of her boyfriend.
(c) A picture of her as a little girl.
(d) A picture of her kids.

3. What are The Rules in Chapter One?
(a) No crying, and treat others how you want to be treated.
(b) No snitching, and do unto others as they do to you.
(c) No crying, no snitching, and if someone kills someone you love, then kill them.
(d) No crying, no snitching, and do not kill anyone.

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why does Will feels silly telling Buck that Shawn is dead in Chapter Two?
(a) Because Buck and Shawn have been hanging out above.
(b) Because he figures that Buck already knows, since Buck is dead too.
(c) Because he does not want to talk about it.
(d) Because Shawn is alongside Buck.

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

11. What does Will know is in Shawn’s corner-store bag in Chapter One?
(a) His favorite chocolates.
(b) A Platinum edition of “Me Against the World.”
(c) Special soap for his mother's eczema.
(d) New cologne.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where has the anagram that Will thinks about Dani in Chapter Three also been seen in the novel before?

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

4. How does Will realize in Chapter Three that the girl on the elevator is Dani?

5. What does Will do when the elevator opens in Chapter Three?

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