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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. How many total bullets does Buck say is in the gun in Chapter Two?
(a) 15.
(b) Two.
(c) 16.
(d) 14.

2. How does Will think of potentially flirting with the girl in the elevator in Chapter Three?
(a) By imitating what he has seen on TV.
(b) By acting smooth.
(c) By imitating his friend, Tony.
(d) By doing an impression of Shawn, which is Shawn’s best impression of Buck.

3. What does Dani ask Will when she first gets on the elevator in Chapter Three?
(a) What he needs a gun for.
(b) Why he never hit on her.
(c) Why he did not protect Shawn.
(d) Why he does not recognize her.

4. Who was Buck to Shawn, as said by Will in Chapter Two?
(a) Shawn’s biological dad.
(b) The only big brother Shawn ever had.
(c) Shawn’s biggest enemy.
(d) Shawn’s best friend.

5. What does Buck tell Will about Will going to follow The Rules in Chapter Two?
(a) That Will should break The Rules.
(b) That Will will only get hurt.
(c) That where there is a Will, there is a way
(d) That Will does not have it in him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the man who gets on the elevator wearing in Chapter Two?

2. Why does Will tell the girl in the elevator in Chapter Three that she should not be asking him about the gun?

3. What is the anagram on Will’s wall, as we learn in Chapter One?

4. What does Dani ask Will about his plan in Chapter Three?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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”?

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

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

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

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

9. 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?

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

(see the answer keys)

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