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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What had Buck become after Will’s dad had died as said in Chapter Six?
(a) A father to Shawn and Will.
(b) A big brother to Shawn and a robber of suburban neighborhoods.
(c) A neighborhood version of The Punisher.
(d) A small time hustler.

2. What does Will think about the scene they are acting out in Chapter Four?
(a) That it would be a good intro for a tv show.
(b) That it would never get made into a film.
(c) That it would have been better than the movie Uncle Mark wanted to make.
(d) That there are other alternative endings.

3. Where had the guy from the Dark Suns stopped Shawn, as told in Chapter Six?
(a) Outside of the shop where Shawn had picked up his mother’s eczema soap.
(b) At the basketball court.
(c) At the playground.
(d) At the payphone.

4. How does Buck tell Will he knows Frick in Chapter Six?
(a) Because Frick murdered him.
(b) Because Frick had stolen from him.
(c) Because Frick was a fellow hustler.
(d) Because Frick and he were friends.

5. What does Will feel like when he tries to finish the scene in Chapter Four?
(a) Like he will never be able to follow through with his actions.
(b) Like he would not be a very good gangster.
(c) Like a brick is trapped in his throat.
(d) Like the words are trapped in his throat.

6. What does Will tell his dad in the beginning of Chapter Five?
(a) That he wants to have his family back.
(b) That he wants to leave.
(c) That he wants him to be alive again.
(d) That he does not know what to do.

7. Where did Will’s dad find the guy who had killed Uncle Mark?
(a) At the bar.
(b) Crying at Uncle Mike’s grave.
(c) Selling drugs on Uncle Mike’s corner.
(d) At the convenience store.

8. What did Will’s mom say killed Will’s dad?
(a) A broken kidney.
(b) A ruptured wisdom tooth.
(c) A broken heart.
(d) The pain of his father’s passing.

9. Why did no one mess with Buck as said in Chapter Six?
(a) Because pastors and gangstas were respected and Buck had both as his dads.
(b) Because of Shawn.
(c) Because he was too tough.
(d) Because he had a reputation.

10. What is the first story that Will tells the reader in Chapter Four he heard about Uncle Mark from his mother?
(a) That Uncle Mark dreamed of going to art school.
(b) That Uncle Mark wanted to be the best hustler in the area.
(c) That Uncle Mark would video tape everything with a video tape he got on his 18th birthday.
(d) That Uncle Mark wanted to make it big in the emerging tech industry.

11. What does Will think about the bullets in the gun in Chapter Five?
(a) That they are not actually real.
(b) That they will not actually hurt him.
(c) That they can not be fired in an elevator.
(d) That there is one for every year of his life.

12. What does Uncle Mark say in Chapter Six when Frick says he was just trying to earn his stripes as a Dark Sun?
(a) “I would have done the same” (275).
(b) “No judgement here” (275).
(c) “God bless you, child” (275).
(d) “I understand man” (275).

13. What had Will seen Shawn do after Buck’s death as told in Chapter Six?
(a) Talk to the cops.
(b) Shoot Buck’s killer.
(c) Lock himself in his room, and put bullets into his gun.
(d) Ask for comfort from their mother.

14. What does Will’s dad finally do with the gun in Chapter Five?
(a) Shoot Will.
(b) Put it back in Will’s waistband and hug Will.
(c) Shoot Uncle Mark.
(d) Shoot himself.

15. What are the three parts to becoming a Dark Sun, as told in Chapter Six?
(a) Music, clothes, and attitude.
(b) Turf, the shining, and a dark deed.
(c) Solving Biggie and Tupac’s murders.
(d) Astroturf, the shining, and a haunting.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens at the end of the scene Uncle Mark and Will are saying in Chapter Four?

2. What does Will think when Frick first comes on the elevator in Chapter Six?

3. What had Buck done to comfort Shawn as said in Chapter Six?

4. What had Will’s dad done in Chapter Five after he had returned from killing Uncle Mike’s killer?

5. What does Will say to explain himself to Uncle Mark in Chapter Four?

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