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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Frick say when Dani asks him about Riggs in Chapter Six?
(a) “Oh yeah, I know him” (282).
(b) “What?” (282).
(c) “Who?” (282).
(d) “Yeah, he shot Shawn as revenge for me” (282).

2. What had Buck become after Will’s dad had died as said in Chapter Six?
(a) A small time hustler.
(b) A neighborhood version of The Punisher.
(c) A big brother to Shawn and a robber of suburban neighborhoods.
(d) A father to Shawn and Will.

3. What does Will think when Frick first comes on the elevator in Chapter Six?
(a) That Frick is dead.
(b) That Frick killed Buck.
(c) That Frick is real.
(d) That Frick killed Shawn.

4. What does Will think about the bullets in the gun in Chapter Five?
(a) That they can not be fired in an elevator.
(b) That they are not actually real.
(c) That they will not actually hurt him.
(d) That there is one for every year of his life.

5. What does Uncle Mark say when Will says shooting is the end of the moving in Chapter Four?
(a) “Don’t shoot him. Think of your future” (192).
(b) “It’s never the end” (192).
(c) “You need to take writing lessons” (192).
(d) “That’s a bad ending” (192).

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes onto the elevator in Chapter Six?

2. What does Will say to explain himself to Uncle Mark in Chapter Four?

3. How was Uncle Mark killed?

4. What does Will’s dad finally do with the gun in Chapter Five?

5. What does Will think about the scene they are acting out 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. 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?

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

4. Who gets on the elevator in Chapter Five? What do the new person and Will do? How does Will feel?

5. In Chapter Four, what does Will remember when he realizes the guy who gets onto the elevator is Uncle Mark?

6. How had Shawn learned what had happened to Buck as told in Chapter Six? Why was the person who told Shawn not considered a snitch?

7. What does Uncle Mark ask Will after Will finishes the scene in Chapter Four? What does Uncle Mark say in reply to Will’s response?

8. 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?

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

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

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