Long Way Down Review

How does Will feel after each ghostly visit?

What does the elevator symbolize in the story?

What emotion primarily drives Will’s actions throughout the novel?

What are the ghosts trying to make Will ultimately realize by the end of the novel?

What does Will's brother not do when they first meet on the elevator?

What literary device is being used: “clip slid from the grip”

What literary device is being used: “a backbone built for him by the bite of his block boys”

How long is the elevator ride in the novel?

What significant event triggers the plot of the story?

What literary device is being used: "gold links dangling around his neck like magic rope"

What literary device is being used: “a hole in his chest, dime-sized, bloody but not bleeding”

What is the "Rules" concept of the novel?

What does the elevator itself represent metaphorically?

What theme is explored through the interactions with the ghosts?

What effect does the novel's structure have on the reader?

How does the author build tension throughout the story?

How does the novel end?

What literary device is being used: “lots of sirens howling”

What relationship does Will have with Dani?

Who is the first ghost that visits Will in the elevator?

Who is the protagonist of the story?

What is significant about each floor of the elevator?

What decision is Will contemplating by the end of the novel?

What message does Jason Reynolds convey through Long Way Down?

What is the significance of 15 bullets in the gun Will has?

What is the main setting of Long Way Down?

How does Jason Reynolds use poetry in the novel?

Why does Will feel compelled to follow "the rules"?

What literary device is being used: “just stood there, awkward, a middle drawer of a man”

Who is the last ghost to visit Will?