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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 Will’s random thought in Chapter One?
(a) That the streetlights are golden.
(b) That he wishes he had a different life.
(c) That blood looks like chocolate syrup.
(d) That he did not eat dinner.

2. What is the anagram Will says in Chapter Two?
(a) ALIVE = LIVE A
(b) ALIVE = AVE IL
(c) ALIVE = A EVIL
(d) ALIVE = A VEIL

3. What happened when Shawn was 15 that make Tony and Will hopeful in Chapter One?
(a) He got all new clothes.
(b) He grew a foot.
(c) He got cooler friends.
(d) He got a girlfriend.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Buck do for Will when Will is struggling with the gun in Chapter Two?

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

3. What does Will say one has to do to make it big in basketball in Chapter One?

4. What did the "L" button in the elevator stand for to Shawn and Will as kids as said in Chapter Two?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. 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”?

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

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

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

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

10. What are the people in Will’s neighborhood trained to do when there are gunshots, as described by Will in Chapter One?

(see the answer keys)

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