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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 had Buck done to comfort Shawn as said in Chapter Six?

2. What does Will’s dad do as Will and he hug in Chapter Five?

3. Where did Will’s dad find the guy who had killed Uncle Mark?

4. What does the man who gets onto the elevator in Chapter Four call Will?

5. What had Shawn told Will about Buck’s death as Will says in Chapter Six?

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. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Generational patterns are repeated in Long Way Down. Characters are mirrors of one another. Literary devices using mirroring, such as a mise en abyme and repetition are used. At the end Chapter Six, after Frick is done speaking, Will looks into the elevator and sees only himself. What do you make of this mirroring on a narrative and stylistic level? What does it say about the content of the novel and the novel's eventual message? Write an argument pulling from at least two of the examples above in addition to two other examples from the novel of your choosing.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

The third of The Rules is to enact revenge on the person who kills someone close to you. Does the novel support the idea of revenge? What does it show revenge does? Does it support the actions of Rule Number Three? What does the novel actually show about the theme of revenge? Write a response with at least three textual examples supporting your main claim.

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