Long Way Down

Question 1

Why does Frick try to rob Buck?

Accepted Answer

because it is part of his gang initiation.

Question 2

What do the gun and The Rules have in common?

Accepted Answer

Both are passed down

Question 3

What does Will mean when he says that gunshots make people blind and deaf?

Accepted Answer

Nobody wants to get involved and say they heard or saw something

Question 4

Will compares the loss of Shawn to a ______________.

Accepted Answer

Missing tooth

Question 5

What type of figurative language is used in the quote: "Shawn's face a candle,/ melted wax,/ flame flickering out."

Accepted Answer

Metaphor

Question 6

What is the purpose of Dani's visit with Will?

Accepted Answer

To highlight the unintended consequences of following the rules.

Question 7

What does Shawn do in the elevator that breaks The Rules?

Accepted Answer

He cries

Question 8

What does the Penny Drop symbolize?

Accepted Answer

How difficult it is for someone this neighborhood to make it out safely

Question 9

Type of figurative language in the quote: "Looked at me with hollow eyes/ dancing somewhere between/ guilt and grief"?

Accepted Answer

Personification

Question 10

Who killed Frick?

Accepted Answer

Shawn

Question 11

What does Mikey realize after he shot Gee?

Accepted Answer

Gee was not Mark's killer.

Question 12

Why does Will's father put the gun to his head?

Accepted Answer

To inspire empathy for the targets of revenge.

Question 13

Why is it ironic that Buck's shirt says, “RIP BUCK YOU’LL BE MISSED 4EVA”?

Accepted Answer

Will could not remember who he was

Question 14

Why does Will not hold the gun in the front of his waistband?

Accepted Answer

He thinks it makes him seem like a dog with his tail between his legs

Question 15

Why does Uncle Mark start selling drugs?

Accepted Answer

To replace a camera

Question 16

What types of figurative language are used in the quote: "Words phlegm/ trapped in my throat,/ like an allergic reaction

Accepted Answer

Metaphor and simile

Question 17

Why does Will say that Buck is two-sided?

Accepted Answer

because of the two men who raised him

Question 18

Who joins Will in the elevator on the seventh floor?

Accepted Answer

Buck

Question 19

A pause that occurs within a line of poetry, usually marked by some form of punctuation

Accepted Answer

Caesura

Question 20

Who joins Will in the elevator on the sixth floor?

Accepted Answer

Dani

Question 21

What is significant about Mikey saying that Gee “had to be” the man who killed Mikey?

Accepted Answer

Will is using the same reasoning to justify his plan.

Question 22

The continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line is known as ___________.

Accepted Answer

Enjambment

Question 23

Why does Buck say he is looking for Will?

Accepted Answer

To check on his gun

Question 24

What are the three rules that those in Will's neighborhood live by?

Accepted Answer

Don't cry, don't snitch, get revenge

Question 25

Long Way Down is a novel written in __________________.

Accepted Answer

Verse

Question 26

What do the rules represent?

Accepted Answer

The cycle of violence and the control that gangs have over the neighborhood

Question 27

Reynolds uses the word "Zombie" to describe Will after Shawn's death mainly to highlight...

Accepted Answer

His lack of agency or choice

Question 28

What part of the theoretical movie of Will’s revenge does Will struggle to say?

Accepted Answer

The part when Will shoots Riggs.

Question 29

What is the metaphorical meaning behind the title, Long Way Down?

Accepted Answer

Will's descent into the world of violence

Question 30

What does Buck think about Will’s plan?

Accepted Answer

He doesn't have it in him

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