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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Will think of when he takes Shawn’s gun out from under his pillow after waking up in Chapter One?
2. What does Will think when the girl says she knows him in Chapter Three?
3. How many total bullets does Buck say is in the gun in Chapter Two?
4. How does Will feel on waking up the day after Shawn dies in Chapter One?
5. What is Will’s plan in Chapter One?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Will’s emotional and mental state when he sees Shawn is dead? What sensory details or figurative details from the novel tell us how he is thinking?
2. Why does Will tell Dani he needs the gun in Chapter Three? Why does Will explain The Rules to Dani?
3. What does Will insist to the reader directly after he introduces himself in the beginning of Chapter One? Why does he say he does this?
4. How does Shawn come to teach Will The Rules as explained in Chapter Three? What does Will feel after he is taught the Rules?
5. What does Dani ask Will when he tells her his plan in Chapter Three? How does he respond?
6. What are the people in Will’s neighborhood trained to do when there are gunshots, as described by Will in Chapter One?
7. What is a Penny Drop? What does Will tell the reader about a Penny Drop in Chapter One?
8. In Chapter Two, how is the man who gets onto the elevator with Will described? How does Will find out he is Buck?
9. Who gets on the elevator in Chapter Three? How do Will and the new person first interact?
10. What is the metaphor Will describes in Chapter Three about God displaying his children?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Think about the ending of the “The Scene” in Chapter Four where Will says he shoots after some reluctance. Consider how many generations are represented repeating a similar pattern of revenge. Why does Will not want to shoot? Does Will have free will to choose to shoot or not shoot? Why or why not? Argue why or why he does not have free will and connect this to the ending of the novel. What does the ending suggest about free will?
Essay Topic 2
Rhythm and meter add structure and meaning to the events of the novel. Find three examples not already discussed in class to develop an analysis of how rhythm and meter in these instances add to the events taking place.How does it deepen the understanding of the events? What does it say in each instance? Develop a thesis about the function of rhythm and meter in Long Way Down based on what you find.
Essay Topic 3
When Frick explains why he shot Buck, he justifies this by saying he is just earning his stripes, and the men around him respond by nodding and saying there is no judgement (275). Why do they accept what he says? Why are they not mad? How is their acceptance a part of the community norms? How is their acceptance connected to The Rules? Connect this example to one other instance in the novel of acceptance of circumstances. Use this to develop a claim about why acceptance exists in this way for the community as shown by the novel.
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