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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 Buck ask Will about the gun in Chapter Two that Will has not thought about?
(a) If the gun is loaded.
(b) If Will has ever shot a gun before.
(c) If the gun has an evil spirit inside.
(d) If Shawn would have wanted him to shoot the gun.

2. What does Buck tell Will to do when Will is scared by the elevator in Chapter Two?
(a) “Manage your anger” (97).
(b) “Don’t freak out man” (97).
(c) “Relax … it’s a long way down” (97).
(d) “Be zen” (97).

3. What does Will describe in the first poem of Chapter Two?
(a) The Elevator Rules.
(b) The Street Rules.
(c) How to make ice cream.
(d) How to make ice cream.

4. What is happening to Buck’s cigarette in Chapter Three?
(a) It is burning, but not burning down.
(b) It is letting out green smoke.
(c) It is emitting a whistling sound.
(d) It is screaming.

5. What does Will do when the elevator opens in Chapter Three?
(a) Strike up a match.
(b) Shoot the person who comes on.
(c) Hit on the girl who comes on.
(d) Grab the gun from Buck, tuck it behind in his pant waistband, and stand up straight.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where has the anagram that Will thinks about Dani in Chapter Three also been seen in the novel before?

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

3. What happens when police ask questions after Shawn’s death in Chapter One?

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

5. What happened when Shawn was 15 that make Tony and Will hopeful in Chapter One?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

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

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

6. 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?

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

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

9. What is the picture of at the beginning of Chapter One? What does this image illustrate for the reader?

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?

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