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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the anagram Will says in Chapter Two?
(a) ALIVE = AVE IL
(b) ALIVE = A VEIL
(c) ALIVE = LIVE A
(d) ALIVE = A EVIL

3. What does Dani ask Will when she first gets on the elevator in Chapter Three?
(a) Why he did not protect Shawn.
(b) Why he never hit on her.
(c) Why he does not recognize her.
(d) What he needs a gun for.

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

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

6. What does the girl first say to Will in Chapter Three?
(a) “It’s rude to look at someone like that” (112).
(b) “I didn’t know smoking was allowed in elevators” (112).
(c) “Leave me alone” (112).
(d) Boy, put your eyes back where they belong” (112).

7. Who is the gang that Riggs is a part of, as said in Chapter Two?
(a) Shirt Less.
(b) Apocalypse Now.
(c) Dark Suns.
(d) Dark Sons.

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

9. What does Buck do for Will when Will is struggling with the gun in Chapter Two?
(a) Give him a hug.
(b) Give him a headlock.
(c) Check how many bullets are inside.
(d) Tell him to go home.

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

11. What surprises Will about the girl in Chapter Three?
(a) She is pretty.
(b) She is a medium.
(c) She can speak to ghosts.
(d) She can see Buck.

12. 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.

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

14. What does Will say it feels like sometimes when he thinks about Dani’s death in Chapter Three?
(a) That this life feels like a mirage that he could slip right through.
(b) That God is showing pictures of his children, but no one wants to see.
(c) Like he never had a childhood as he sees on TV.
(d) That the grief he has held for so long is splitting inside of him.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Buck tell Will about Will going to follow The Rules in Chapter Two?

3. What does Buck tell Will about giving the gun to Shawn in Chapter Two?

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

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

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