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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 had Will’s dad felt after Uncle Mark’s death as told in Chapter Five?
(a) That a part of him would always be missing.
(b) That he could not be a dad or a husband if he could not be a brother.
(c) Like he could tear down a house with his bare hands.
(d) That he needed to heal the hole in his heart.

2. As said in Chapter Six, what had Buck done when Frick tried to rob him?
(a) Shoot Frick.
(b) Laugh at Frick.
(c) Bunk a basketball.
(d) Pinch Frick.

3. Who was Ghee, as told in Chapter Five?
(a) A young kid trying to make money selling drugs, and working for Uncle Mark’s killer.
(b) Uncle Mark's killer.
(c) Will's younger brother.
(d) Uncle Mark.

4. What does Uncle Mark say when Will says shooting is the end of the moving in Chapter Four?
(a) “It’s never the end” (192).
(b) “Don’t shoot him. Think of your future” (192).
(c) “You need to take writing lessons” (192).
(d) “That’s a bad ending” (192).

5. As told in Chapter Six, what does Frick’s story have to do with Shawn?
(a) Shawn was friends with Frick.
(b) Frick had been the guy who had bothered Shawn at the store.
(c) Shawn shot Frick after Frick killed Buck.
(d) Frick was Shawn’s enemy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does it feel like to Will when he calls out for help to the others in the elevator in Chapter Five?

2. What does Will think of when he realizes that Uncle Mark is the guy on the elevator in Chapter Four?

3. What does Will think about the bullets in the gun in Chapter Five?

4. Who is the guy who gets onto the elevator in Chapter Four?

5. What is the first story that Will tells the reader in Chapter Four he heard about Uncle Mark from his mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Uncle Mark ask Will after Will finishes the scene in Chapter Four? What does Uncle Mark say in reply to Will’s response?

2. How does Will’s dad feel after he shoots the guy in Chapter Five? Who does Will’s dad find out he actually shoots?

3. What happened after Buck had been killed as said in Chapter Six? What had Shawn gone to do?

4. How had Will’s dad felt after Uncle Mark’s death as told in Chapter Five? What is the figurative language his dad uses to describe how he feels?

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

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

7. Who is Frick as said in Chapter Six? How is Frick described?

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

9. What are the stories Shawn had told Will about their dad in Chapter Five? What does Will remember about these stories?

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

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