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

2. What is the man who gets on the elevator wearing in Chapter Two?
(a) Gold earrings.
(b) A puffy jacket.
(c) A gold ring.
(d) Gold chains.

3. In Chapter One, what does the morning light remind Will of?
(a) The fireflies he would catch with Shawn.
(b) The Sunny-side up eggs that Will likes to eat for breakfast.
(c) The sunrises he would watch with Shawn on the roof of their building.
(d) The song “Black and Yellow” by Wiz Khalifa.

4. What does Buck do when Will acts macho in Chapter Two?
(a) Laugh at Will.
(b) Cower in fear.
(c) Act macho back.
(d) Tell Will he is just a child.

5. In Chapter One, where do we learn Will and his mother live?
(a) On the seventh floor.
(b) On the fifth floor.
(c) On the ground level.
(d) On the eighth floor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Will say in Chapter One about how you, the reader, will be after they hear his story?

2. Who is the gang that Riggs is a part of, as said in Chapter Two?

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

4. What does Buck ask Will about the gun in Chapter Two that Will has not thought about?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Will compare his mother’s eczema to in Chapter One? And how does he turn this into wordplay talking about the grudges in the neighborhood?

3. In Chapter Two, how is the man who gets onto the elevator with Will described? How does Will find out he is Buck?

4. Who gets on the elevator in Chapter Three? How do Will and the new person first interact?

5. After Will tells Buck what he is going to do, what does Buck tell Will about his plan to follow The Rules in Chapter Two? How does he compare Will to Shawn?

6. Who does Will think has killed Shawn in Chapter One? Why does Will think this?

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

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

9. What does Will say he usually does when bad things happen? Why can he not do this on the day that Shawn dies? Why does he think the moon is “lucky”?

10. What does Will think of when a man gets on the elevator in Chapter Two and starts looking at Will when Will is not looking?

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