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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter One .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Will think of when he takes Shawn’s gun out from under his pillow after waking up in Chapter One?
(a) Of how afraid he is.
(b) Of holding Shawn’s hand while walking to the store, and being taught to do a Penny Drop.
(c) Of how much he dislikes guns.
(d) Of how cold it is.

2. Why does Will not let himself cry in Chapter One?
(a) Because he does not want to let out his grief.
(b) Because he has never seen his older brother or dad cry.
(c) Because he has been raised with the damaging idea that men do not cry.
(d) Because it is against The Rules.

3. Where does Will put Shawn’s gun in Chapter One?
(a) He hands it over to the police.
(b) In the back waistband of his pants, underneath his t-shirt.
(c) Back in the drawer where Will found it.
(d) Into a pawn shop.

4. What does Will know is in Shawn’s corner-store bag in Chapter One?
(a) His favorite chocolates.
(b) A Platinum edition of “Me Against the World.”
(c) New cologne.
(d) Special soap for his mother's eczema.

5. What does Will think the yellow tape the police put up does to the crime scene in Chapter One?
(a) Isolated a part of the neighborhood.
(b) Frames the crime scene like art.
(c) Fluttered with a reminder of what had happened.
(d) Gives it a surreal atmosphere.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter One, where do we learn Will and his mother live?

2. What is Will’s full name that he tells the reader in Chapter One?

3. What is Will’s random thought in Chapter One?

4. What happens when police ask questions after Shawn’s death in Chapter One?

5. How does Will feel on waking up the day after Shawn dies in Chapter One?

(see the answer key)

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