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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Shawn teach Will how to do on the playground as Will tells us in Chapter One?
(a) Flirt with girls.
(b) Climb the monkey bars.
(c) Graffiti the walls.
(d) A Penny Drop.

2. What does Buck do for Will when Will is struggling with the gun in Chapter Two?
(a) Give him a hug.
(b) Tell him to go home.
(c) Check how many bullets are inside.
(d) Give him a headlock.

3. What does the girl first say to Will in Chapter Three?
(a) “Leave me alone” (112).
(b) “I didn’t know smoking was allowed in elevators” (112).
(c) “It’s rude to look at someone like that” (112).
(d) Boy, put your eyes back where they belong” (112).

4. In Chapter Two, what does Will tell Buck he is going to do?
(a) Get out of town.
(b) Shoot Buck.
(c) Sell Buck's gun.
(d) Follow The Rules.

5. What is the anagram that Will thinks of when he realizes the girl is Dani in Chapter Three?
(a) WHATEVER = NEVER.
(b) PAIN = IP AN.
(c) FEEL = FLEE.
(d) AGAIN = A GAIN.

6. In Chapter One, where do we learn Will and his mother live?
(a) On the fifth floor.
(b) On the eighth floor.
(c) On the ground level.
(d) On the seventh floor.

7. 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 not want to be his friend.
(c) He says “you will know him” (2).
(d) He says you will run away.

8. What does the girl on the elevator show Will in Chapter Three?
(a) A picture of her kids.
(b) A picture of her as a little girl.
(c) A picture of her boyfriend.
(d) A picture of him and his best friend Dani at age eight.

9. What is the anagram Will says in Chapter Two?
(a) ALIVE = AVE IL
(b) ALIVE = A EVIL
(c) ALIVE = LIVE A
(d) ALIVE = A VEIL

10. What does Will try to do as the girl stands in the elevator in Chapter Three?
(a) Check her out.
(b) Kiss her.
(c) Figure out who she is.
(d) Get her number.

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

12. Who is the gang that Riggs is a part of, as said in Chapter Two?
(a) Apocalypse Now.
(b) Dark Sons.
(c) Dark Suns.
(d) Shirt Less.

13. What is happening to Buck’s cigarette in Chapter Three?
(a) It is letting out green smoke.
(b) It is burning, but not burning down.
(c) It is emitting a whistling sound.
(d) It is screaming.

14. Why is Will surprised that the girl can see the smoke in the elevator in Chapter Three?
(a) Because Will can not see the smoke.
(b) Because she is also a ghost.
(c) Because he had fanned the air to dissipate it.
(d) Because it is coming from Buck, who is a ghost.

15. What is Will’s random thought in Chapter One?
(a) That the streetlights are golden.
(b) That blood looks like chocolate syrup.
(c) That he wishes he had a different life.
(d) That he did not eat dinner.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter One, what does Will say happened to his brother Shawn?

2. What is Will’s plan in Chapter One?

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

4. What does Will describe in the first poem of Chapter Two?

5. How does Buck press Will’s chest in Chapter Two?

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