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

2. How had Will’s dad felt after Uncle Mark’s death as told in Chapter Five?

3. What had Will’s dad done after Uncle Mark was killed as told by Chapter Five?

4. In Chapter Six, who does Will think is the guy from the Dark Suns who had stopped Shawn?

5. What does Uncle Mark say when Will says shooting is the end of the moving in Chapter Four?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

5. 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?

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

7. According to Chapter Six, why was Shawn upset as he tells to Buck? What does Buck do to comfort him?

8. How is Buck two-sided, as said in Chapter Six? What do people in the neighborhood say about him?

9. 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?

10. How does Will’s dad feel after he shoots the guy in Chapter Five? Who does Will’s dad find out he actually shoots?

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

Long Way Down uses and reinterprets several metaphors throughout the book. Choose one of the metaphors or figures of language used in Long Way Down (such a middle drawer). Find and write three instances of how the metaphor is used and changed or interpreted in new ways throughout the novel. What is the first definition of the word? What is the meaning of the word by the end of the novel? Finally, why is this metaphor used over and over? What is the purpose of the novel in using the same figurative language over and over?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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