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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Will say in Chapter One about how you, the reader, will be after they hear his story?
(a) He says you will admire him.
(b) He says you will run away.
(c) He says you will not want to be his friend.
(d) He says “you will know him” (2).

3. In Chapter One, what does the morning light remind Will of?
(a) The Sunny-side up eggs that Will likes to eat for breakfast.
(b) The sunrises he would watch with Shawn on the roof of their building.
(c) The fireflies he would catch with Shawn.
(d) The song “Black and Yellow” by Wiz Khalifa.

4. What does Will think about himself when he thinks that Buck is not taking him seriously in Chapter Two?
(a) That he, Will, is “forreal” (98).
(b) That he does not want Buck’s approval anyway.
(c) That Buck does not actually know him.
(d) That he will "show Buck" (98).

5. What does Will describe in the first poem of Chapter Two?
(a) The Elevator Rules.
(b) The Street Rules.
(c) How to make ice cream.
(d) How to make ice cream.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Buck do for Will when Will is struggling with the gun in Chapter Two?

4. What does Buck tell Will to do when Will is scared by the elevator in Chapter Two?

5. What does Will say one has to do to make it big in basketball in Chapter One?

(see the answer key)

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