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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 the girl on the elevator show Will in Chapter Three?
(a) A picture of her as a little girl.
(b) A picture of him and his best friend Dani at age eight.
(c) A picture of her boyfriend.
(d) A picture of her kids.

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

3. What does Will say in Chapter One about how you, the reader, will be after they hear his story?
(a) He says you will not want to be his friend.
(b) He says you will admire him.
(c) He says you will run away.
(d) He says “you will know him” (2).

4. Why does Will tell the girl in the elevator in Chapter Three that she should not be asking him about the gun?
(a) Because she is a girl.
(b) Because she does not want to get involved in this business.
(c) Because that is not a question to ask someone she does not know.
(d) Because he does not want to get her involved.

5. Who is the gang that Riggs is a part of, as said in Chapter Two?
(a) Dark Suns.
(b) Shirt Less.
(c) Dark Sons.
(d) Apocalypse Now.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Will put Shawn’s gun in Chapter One?

3. What does Buck take out of his pocket in Chapter Two?

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

5. What does Will think the yellow tape the police put up does to the crime scene in Chapter One?

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. Why does Will look to Buck for help in Chapter Three? What does Buck do?

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

4. 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?

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

6. 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?

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

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

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

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

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