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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What scares Will at the end of Chapter Two?
(a) The elevator rumbling and taking a while.
(b) Buck laughing at him.
(c) The elevator grinding to a halt.
(d) The elevator cable being cut.

2. Who was Buck to Shawn, as said by Will in Chapter Two?
(a) Shawn’s best friend.
(b) Shawn’s biological dad.
(c) The only big brother Shawn ever had.
(d) Shawn’s biggest enemy.

3. What does Buck tell Will about giving the gun to Shawn in Chapter Two?
(a) That he told Shawn to sell it after Shawn used it.
(b) That Buck had first stolen it from someone else.
(c) That he told Shawn to put it somewhere that Will would not get.
(d) That he told Shawn to pass it on to Will.

4. What does Will find “even sadder” when he speaks about Shawn’s death in Chapter One?
(a) That it was inevitable.
(b) That Shawn’s death is not surprising.
(c) That Shawn was so young.
(d) That Shawn was killed instead of Will.

5. Why does Will feels silly telling Buck that Shawn is dead in Chapter Two?
(a) Because he does not want to talk about it.
(b) Because Buck and Shawn have been hanging out above.
(c) Because he figures that Buck already knows, since Buck is dead too.
(d) Because Shawn is alongside Buck.

6. What is the anagram on Will’s wall, as we learn in Chapter One?
(a) SCARE = WHO CARES
(b) DISILLUSIONMENT = MEND ILLUSIONIST
(c) THE RULES = THEE SLUR
(d) SCARE = CARES

7. What does Buck tell Will to do when Will is scared by the elevator in Chapter Two?
(a) “Relax … it’s a long way down” (97).
(b) “Be zen” (97).
(c) “Don’t freak out man” (97).
(d) “Manage your anger” (97).

8. How many total bullets does Buck say is in the gun in Chapter Two?
(a) Two.
(b) 15.
(c) 14.
(d) 16.

9. How does Will think of potentially flirting with the girl in the elevator in Chapter Three?
(a) By acting smooth.
(b) By imitating his friend, Tony.
(c) By imitating what he has seen on TV.
(d) By doing an impression of Shawn, which is Shawn’s best impression of Buck.

10. What did the "L" button in the elevator stand for to Shawn and Will as kids as said in Chapter Two?
(a) Loser.
(b) Lucky.
(c) Lilac.
(d) Liar.

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

12. What happened when Shawn was 15 that make Tony and Will hopeful in Chapter One?
(a) He grew a foot.
(b) He got a girlfriend.
(c) He got cooler friends.
(d) He got all new clothes.

13. What do we learn that Shawn taught Will the night after Dani died?
(a) How to grieve.
(b) Rule number one of The Rules.
(c) Rule number three of The Rules.
(d) How to cook hard boiled eggs.

14. What does Will do when he realizes who is in the man in the elevator in Chapter Two?
(a) Stop the elevator.
(b) Faint.
(c) Try to wake himself up.
(d) Give Buck a hug.

15. What does Buck do to diffuse the situation between Will and Dani in Chapter Three?
(a) Laugh.
(b) Offer Dani a cigarette.
(c) Make snide commentary.
(d) Comfort Dani.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Will realize in Chapter Three that the girl on the elevator is Dani?

2. What does Will know is in Shawn’s corner-store bag in Chapter One?

3. What does Dani ask Will when she first gets on the elevator in Chapter Three?

4. Why does Will not let himself cry in Chapter One?

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

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