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

2. How had Shawn known what had really happened to his and Will's dad?

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

4. Who had Uncle Mark cast to play the parts in his movie as Will says in Chapter Four?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

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

6. 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?

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

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. 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?

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

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.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the character of Will Holloman to Mikey Holloman. How are these characters similar or different to one another? How are their actions related? How are their words related to one another? Why does the novel set these two characters up as foils of one another? What does their mirroring suggest about the novel's structure, and eventual ending? Write a response with at least four textual examples.

Essay Topic 3

How are women represented in Long Way Down? What are the roles and representations given to them? Write a summary of what you see pulling from two examples in the novel. Then write a claim arguing why you think this representation is shown the way it is. How does this representation connect to the environment of the novel? Use three examples in your claim.

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