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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 do we learn that Shawn taught Will the night after Dani died?
(a) How to grieve.
(b) Rule number three of The Rules.
(c) How to cook hard boiled eggs.
(d) Rule number one of The Rules.

2. What does Buck do to diffuse the situation between Will and Dani in Chapter Three?
(a) Offer Dani a cigarette.
(b) Make snide commentary.
(c) Laugh.
(d) Comfort Dani.

3. What did the "L" button in the elevator stand for to Shawn and Will as kids as said in Chapter Two?
(a) Loser.
(b) Lilac.
(c) Lucky.
(d) Liar.

4. What does the gun in the back of his waistband feel like to Will in Chapter One?
(a) Like a reminder of vengeance.
(b) Like a powerful extra vertebrae.
(c) Like a brick rubbing his skin raw.
(d) Like an angry cat scratching at his back.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do we learn in Chapter Two taught Shawn The Rules?

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

3. What does the girl do to Will to get Will’s attention in Chapter Three?

4. What does Will know is in Shawn’s corner-store bag in Chapter One?

5. What does Will think about himself when he thinks that Buck is not taking him seriously in Chapter Two?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

5. What does Dani ask Will when he tells her his plan in Chapter Three? How does he respond?

6. What does Will think Buck is thinking about him in Chapter Two? What does Will assert about himself to the reader in response?

7. What happens on the day of the picture that Dani shows to Will in Chapter Three?

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

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

10. What does Will describe as a “strange thing” in the beginning of Chapter Two? What does he call this?

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