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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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 Buck does not actually know him.
(c) That he will "show Buck" (98).
(d) That he does not want Buck’s approval anyway.

4. What does Will say it feels like sometimes when he thinks about Dani’s death in Chapter Three?
(a) That the grief he has held for so long is splitting inside of him.
(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 this life feels like a mirage that he could slip right through.

5. 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.

6. Who is the man on the elevator with Will in Chapter Two?
(a) Two Chains.
(b) Kanye.
(c) Bob.
(d) Buck.

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

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

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

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

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

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

13. What did Will do the night that Dani died as told in Chapter Three?
(a) Found their old hiding spot and sat in it.
(b) Cried all night.
(c) Read their old letters to one another.
(d) Punched holes in everything.

14. What happened when Shawn was 15 that make Tony and Will hopeful in Chapter One?
(a) He grew a foot.
(b) He got all new clothes.
(c) He got a girlfriend.
(d) He got cooler friends.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Will’s random thought in Chapter One?

2. What does Will think when the girl says she knows him in Chapter Three?

3. What does Will find “even sadder” when he speaks about Shawn’s death in Chapter One?

4. What does the gun in the back of his waistband feel like to Will in Chapter One?

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

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