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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 he needed to heal the hole in his heart.
(b) That he could not be a dad or a husband if he could not be a brother.
(c) That a part of him would always be missing.
(d) Like he could tear down a house with his bare hands.

2. What does Will not feel when he steps back in the elevator towards Dani and Buck in Chapter Four?
(a) Fire.
(b) Sympathy.
(c) Warmth.
(d) Breath.

3. What does the sound of Will’s dad cocking the gun in Chapter Five sound like to Will?
(a) The elevator crashing down.
(b) A door closing.
(c) The crash of cymbals.
(d) Waves breaking on a beach shore.

4. What does the word “dad” feel like to Will in Chapter Five?
(a) A call from beyond.
(b) An unused ord.
(c) A lie.
(d) A foreign language.

5. What would Shawn try to have Will remember about their dad as told in Chapter Five?
(a) Their dad dad dressing up like Michael Jackson for Halloween and giving them rides in the elevator.
(b) Their dad making chocolate banana pancakes with whipped cream smiles in the morning.
(c) Their dad watching cartoons with them.
(d) Their dad wrestling with them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Will do when his dad backs away in Chapter Five?

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

3. Who had given The Rules to Will’s dad as told in Chapter Four?

4. Who comes on the elevator in Chapter Five?

5. What had people said about Buck’s heritage as said in Chapter Six?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Frick try to rob Buck as told in Chapter Six? Why do other people not try to rob Buck?

3. What does Uncle Mark start doing to get a new video camera in Chapter Four? Why does he do this?

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

5. 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?

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

7. 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?

8. What had Will’s dad done in as told Chapter Five after Uncle Mark’s death?

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

10. What does Frick show to Will in Chapter Six? What do he and Buck say about what he shows Will?

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