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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the anagram on Will’s wall, as we learn in Chapter One?
(a) THE RULES = THEE SLUR
(b) DISILLUSIONMENT = MEND ILLUSIONIST
(c) SCARE = CARES
(d) SCARE = WHO CARES

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

3. Where does Will put Shawn’s gun in Chapter One?
(a) In the back waistband of his pants, underneath his t-shirt.
(b) Back in the drawer where Will found it.
(c) Into a pawn shop.
(d) He hands it over to the police.

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

5. How does Buck press Will’s chest in Chapter Two?
(a) Like “pushing an elevator button” (101).
(b) Like “tapping an app” (101).
(c) Like “poking a bear” (101).
(d) Like “punching in his gut” (101).

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many total bullets does Buck say is in the gun in Chapter Two?

3. What happens when police ask questions after Shawn’s death in Chapter One?

4. Why does Will decide not to flirt with the girl in the elevator in Chapter Three?

5. How many bullets does Buck say there should be in the gun in Chapter Two?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Will look to Buck for help in Chapter Three? What does Buck do?

2. What is a Penny Drop? What does Will tell the reader about a Penny Drop in Chapter One?

3. How does Will describe the sadness of losing someone you love in Chapter One?

4. What is the picture of at the beginning of Chapter One? What does this image illustrate for the reader?

5. As told in Chapter Two, what does “L” mean to Shawn and Will? What is the game they used to play on the elevator?

6. What is the metaphor Will describes in Chapter Three about God displaying his children?

7. What is Will’s emotional and mental state when he sees Shawn is dead? What sensory details or figurative details from the novel tell us how he is thinking?

8. Why does Will tell Dani he needs the gun in Chapter Three? Why does Will explain The Rules to Dani?

9. Who was Buck to Shawn as described in Chapter Two? What does Buck give Shawn and teach him?

10. What is Will’s plan with Shawn’s gun in Chapter One?

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