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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Will do out of fear with the gun to his head in Chapter Five?

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

3. Why did no one mess with Buck as said in Chapter Six?

4. How does Buck tell Will he knows Frick in Chapter Six?

5. What does Will’s dad admit to Will in Chapter Five?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. How does Will feel realizing his father shot the wrong guy as told in Chapter Five? How had he imagined his father?

4. 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?

5. Who gets on the elevator in Chapter Five? What do the new person and Will do? How does Will feel?

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

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

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

9. What does Uncle Mark have Will do after Will explains his plan to him in Chapter Four? What does Will find when they do this?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter Four of the novel, film techniques are used to illustrate the center of the story. In early lessons, the novel’s connection to rap music was discussed. What is the effect of having the novel contain so many genre forms? Why are so many different kinds of media referenced and contained in the novel? How does this enhance the story of the novel? Pull from at least four textual examples to support your exploratory claim.

Essay Topic 2

Choose and watch one of the following films, either “Moonlight” or “Boyz in the Hood.” Then compare the film of your choice to Long Way Down. What does each text represent about ts environment? What does it show about masculinity? How is masculinity shaped by or influenced by the environment? How are the works similar or different? Use at least two examples from each source in comparing.

Essay Topic 3

Will's mother has eczema, and scratches at herself to soothe the itch.Will in the first Chapter wonders if everyone is being eaten alive by something invisible, like her eczema (26). What does he mean by this? How is this idea shown or expanded later in the novel? Why is it continually used? Use at least three textual examples to explore this topic.

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