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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. In Chapter Six, how does Buck get Frick to realize he is Buck?
(a) He shows him the back of his t-shirt.
(b) He punches Frick.
(c) He tells Frick a secret that Frick has told only to Buck.
(d) He gives his Buck catchphrase.

2. What do Will and his father do after Will’s dad tells his story in Chapter Five?
(a) Slap each other.
(b) Call the elevator help button.
(c) Yell at each other.
(d) Hug.

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

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

5. What does Will do when his dad backs away in Chapter Five?
(a) Yell at him until his voice goes weak.
(b) Dissociate.
(c) Get out of the elevator at the next floor.
(d) Fall to the floor and cry.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was Buck given his nickname as said in Chapter Six?

2. Who was Buck’s stepdad as said in Chapter Six?

3. Why does Will stop himself from crying when he sees his dad in Chapter Five?

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

5. What had Uncle Mark dreamed of, as told in Chapter Four?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What does Will feel like telling his dad in Chapter Five? Why does he keep it inside?

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

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

5. Who finishes the scene for Will in Chapter Four? What does Will feel when he echoes the ending?

6. What did Will’s mom tell Will about why his dad had died as told in Chapter Five? What had Will thought about this as a kid?

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

8. 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?

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

10. 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?

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