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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 Will say to explain himself to Uncle Mark in Chapter Four?
(a) “I just wanna do what’s right” (173).
(b) “I wanna take care of my brother” (173).
(c) “The Rules are the rules” (173).
(d) “There’s no other option” (173).

2. How was Uncle Mark killed?
(a) He got in a gun fight with gangsters.
(b) A hustler killed Uncle Mark to take his selling corner.
(c) He slipped and fell down the stairs.
(d) He fell off a building.

3. How was Buck given his nickname as said in Chapter Six?
(a) From always trying to ask others for a dollar or a buck.
(b) From the way he could rob a bank like a buck-ccanear.
(c) For the way he could ride a horse like a real cowboy.
(d) From his stepfather because he could not grow facial hair.

4. Who had given The Rules to Will’s dad as told in Chapter Four?
(a) Uncle Mark.
(b) Mikey.
(c) Beef.
(d) Shawn.

5. Who was Buck’s stepdad as said in Chapter Six?
(a) A preacher.
(b) A bank robber.
(c) A cowboy.
(d) A suburban house dad.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Will’s Random Thought No. 4 in Chapter Five?

2. What does Will think about the scene they are acting out in Chapter Four?

3. What had Frick meant to do to Buck as said in Chapter Six?

4. What had Buck become after Will’s dad had died as said in Chapter Six?

5. What does Will tell his dad in the beginning of Chapter Five?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter Four, what does Will remember when he realizes the guy who gets onto the elevator is Uncle Mark?

2. What is the script of the film Uncle Mark wants to make as described by Jessie in Chapter Four?

3. How had Shawn come to know how their dad had passed on as told in Chapter Five? How had Buck become for Shawn after Mikey Holloman had died?

4. What does Will’s dad do to Will after he tells Will his story? How does Will respond? How does their interaction end?

5. How does Frick justify his killing Buck in Chapter Six? How do the other men in the elevator respond?

6. How is Buck two-sided, as said in Chapter Six? What do people in the neighborhood say about him?

7. How had Shawn learned what had happened to Buck as told in Chapter Six? Why was the person who told Shawn not considered a snitch?

8. According to Chapter Six, what had happened when Frick tried to rob Buck? How had Shawn learned what had happened?

9. When Will hears Buck talking about Shawn being upset in Chapter Six, who does Will think is the guy who bothered Shawn at the convenience store? What does Frick say when asked about Riggs?

10. Who gets on the elevator in Chapter Four? What does he do to Will?

(see the answer keys)

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