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

2. What does Will do when he realizes who is in the man in the elevator in Chapter Two?
(a) Stop the elevator.
(b) Give Buck a hug.
(c) Faint.
(d) Try to wake himself up.

3. What does Dani ask when Will asks about her smoking in Chapter Three?
(a) “Why don’t you?” (146).
(b) “Why, do you want one?” (146).
(c) “Are you really going to judge me?” (146).
(d) “You shoot?” (146).

4. How does Will feel on waking up the day after Shawn dies in Chapter One?
(a) Sad.
(b) Numb.
(c) Guilty.
(d) Vengeful.

5. 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 he does not want to talk about it.
(c) Because Buck and Shawn have been hanging out above.
(d) Because Shawn is alongside Buck.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Will pretend to himself that he dreams about about in Chapter One, the day after Shawn’s death?

3. What are Tony and Will talking about in Chapter One?

4. How does Will think of potentially flirting with the girl in the elevator in Chapter Three?

5. Who is the man on the elevator with Will in Chapter Two?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Will think of when Buck tells him his tail is showing in Chapter Two?

3. 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?

4. How does Shawn come to teach Will The Rules as explained in Chapter Three? What does Will feel after he is taught the Rules?

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

6. What does Will insist to the reader directly after he introduces himself in the beginning of Chapter One? Why does he say he does this?

7. 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?

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

9. What does Will think of when the girl in the elevator shows him the picture from her wallet in Chapter Three? Who is in the photo?

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

(see the answer keys)

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