English 1- Semester 1 Final Exam

Instructions

Use your book and figurative language bookmark to complete this assignment. 

Part 1: CHARACTER MATCHING
Directions: Select the best match for each character.

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Match the character name to their description.

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
Will		The novel’s protagonist who sets out to avenge his brother’s death
Dani		Shows Will that it is okay to break rule #1
Mikey		Shot and killed the wrong guy
Frick		Was shot at a playground at eight years old
Shawn		Shot and killed by Shawn as retaliation
Uncle Mark		Makes Will say aloud that he is going to kill someone
Tony		The Dark Sun Will believes killed Shawn
Riggs		A mother who prayed that her older son would not get hurt
Shari		Will’s friend who plays basketball and talks a lot

Part 2: BOOK MULTIPLE CHOICE
Directions: Choose the best answer for each question.

1

What statement BEST describes the point of view in Long Way Down?

1

Shawn was killed on his way home from buying his mother special soap for her eczema. What was Reynolds’ purpose in writing his death that way?

1

Which details suggest that Will Holloman will murder Riggs at the end of the novel?

1

What purpose does Dani serve?

1

Which quote best exemplifies the purpose in which Dani serves?

1

When did Shawn teach Will rule #1?

1

Which event does NOT make Will question his knowledge that Carlson Riggs murdered Shawn?

1

How was Frick going to gain entrance into the Dark Suns?

1

What does Shawn do when he first enters the elevator and sees Will for the first time?

1

“Gunshots make everyone _ and _.”

What two words complete this passage?

1

What is rule number 1?

1

What is rule number 2?

1

What is rule number 3?

1

Where did Shawn store his gun?

1

What can you conclude about how Will felt about Shawn?

1

What was Buck and Shawn’s relationship?

1

Why does the author include the details about the smoke in the elevator? Choose the best conclusion.

1

Feel = Flee. What can you infer Will means by this anagram?

2

Will learns that the nighttime is a metaphor for ____________.

1

What does Will think of his father after meeting him on the elevator?

1

Shawn surprises Will when he _________.

2

What is Will’s internal and external struggle while in the elevator? Choose the BEST answer.

1

What statement best describes the ending of Long Way Down?

2

Will refers to the elevator as a vertical coffin. What could this metaphor imply?

1

Buck’s family history helps contribute to his image as a ________.

2

Will says Dani couldn’t wipe worry from her face and he “couldn’t expect her to.” What can you conclude from this?

1

How did Dani’s death mark a turning point for Will?

2

Alive = A Veil. What can you conclude Will means by this anagram?

2

“Gun strapped like a brick…” The author uses this simile primarily to convey….

2

“And my mom hanging over my brother’s body like a dimmed light post.” The author uses this simile primarily to convey…

PART THREE: SYMBOLISM AND FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
Directions: Select the best match for each symbol meaning.

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Select the best match for each symbol meaning.

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
The middle drawer		The feeling of entrapment by the rules
The rules		Represents Will’s fate
The elevator		The cycle of violence present in Will’s neighborhood
The gun		The darkness in Shawn
The nighttime		Unwritten governing rules that perpetuate cyclical violence
The L-Button		The darkness in people

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Reach each quote and drag it under the figurative language device that is being used in the quote.

“The middle drawer called to me”
“Beef/ gets passed down like name-brand/ T-shirts around here.”
“...that it stopped Mom from/ scraping loose a river/ of wounds.”
“...uncomfortable being/ crammed in this.../ this vertical coffin/ another second.”
“And there was a sound like whatever makes elevators work, cables and cogs, or whatever, grinding, rubbing metal on metal like a machine moaning but coming from the mouth from the belly of Shawn”
“Real run through him” a bank robber, would steal air from the world if he could get his hands on it”
“The nighttime will snatch your teaching from you, put a gun in your hand, a grumble in your gut, and some sharp in your teeth”
“I put my hand behind my back felt the imprint of the piece, like another piece of me, an extra vertebra, some more backbone”
“She fanned smoke from her face, thumbed to Buck, who shook his head and blew vanishing halos”
“Just remember, when you’re walking in the nighttime, make sure the nighttime ain’t walking in to you”
“The ground definitely felt like it opened up and ate me”

Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Imagery
Hyperbole

English 1- Semester 1 Final Exam

Part 1: CHARACTER MATCHING

Match the character name to their description.

Part 2: BOOK MULTIPLE CHOICE

What statement BEST describes the point of view in Long Way Down?

Shawn was killed on his way home from buying his mother special soap for her eczema. What was Reynolds’ purpose in writing his death that way?

Which details suggest that Will Holloman will murder Riggs at the end of the novel?

What purpose does Dani serve?

Which quote best exemplifies the purpose in which Dani serves?

When did Shawn teach Will rule #1?

Which event does NOT make Will question his knowledge that Carlson Riggs murdered Shawn?

How was Frick going to gain entrance into the Dark Suns?

What does Shawn do when he first enters the elevator and sees Will for the first time?

“Gunshots make everyone _______ and _______.” What two words complete this passage?

What is rule number 1?

What is rule number 2?

What is rule number 3?

Where did Shawn store his gun?

What can you conclude about how Will felt about Shawn?

What was Buck and Shawn’s relationship?

Why does the author include the details about the smoke in the elevator? Choose the best conclusion.

Feel = Flee. What can you infer Will means by this anagram?

Will learns that the nighttime is a metaphor for ____________.

What does Will think of his father after meeting him on the elevator?

Shawn surprises Will when he _________.

What is Will’s internal and external struggle while in the elevator? Choose the BEST answer.

What statement best describes the ending of Long Way Down?

Will refers to the elevator as a vertical coffin. What could this metaphor imply?

Buck’s family history helps contribute to his image as a ________.

Will says Dani couldn’t wipe worry from her face and he “couldn’t expect her to.” What can you conclude from this?

How did Dani’s death mark a turning point for Will?

Alive = A Veil. What can you conclude Will means by this anagram?

“Gun strapped like a brick…” The author uses this simile primarily to convey….

“And my mom hanging over my brother’s body like a dimmed light post.” The author uses this simile primarily to convey…

PART THREE: SYMBOLISM AND FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

Select the best match for each symbol meaning.

Reach each quote and drag it under the figurative language device that is being used in the quote.

Part 1: CHARACTER MATCHING

Match the character name to their description.

Part 2: BOOK MULTIPLE CHOICE

What statement BEST describes the point of view in Long Way Down?

Shawn was killed on his way home from buying his mother special soap for her eczema. What was Reynolds’ purpose in writing his death that way?

Which details suggest that Will Holloman will murder Riggs at the end of the novel?

What purpose does Dani serve?

Which quote best exemplifies the purpose in which Dani serves?

When did Shawn teach Will rule #1?

Which event does NOT make Will question his knowledge that Carlson Riggs murdered Shawn?

How was Frick going to gain entrance into the Dark Suns?

What does Shawn do when he first enters the elevator and sees Will for the first time?

“Gunshots make everyone _______ and _______.” What two words complete this passage?

What is rule number 1?

What is rule number 2?

What is rule number 3?

Where did Shawn store his gun?

What can you conclude about how Will felt about Shawn?

What was Buck and Shawn’s relationship?

Why does the author include the details about the smoke in the elevator? Choose the best conclusion.

Feel = Flee. What can you infer Will means by this anagram?

Will learns that the nighttime is a metaphor for ____________.

What does Will think of his father after meeting him on the elevator?

Shawn surprises Will when he _________.

What is Will’s internal and external struggle while in the elevator? Choose the BEST answer.

What statement best describes the ending of Long Way Down?

Will refers to the elevator as a vertical coffin. What could this metaphor imply?

Buck’s family history helps contribute to his image as a ________.

Will says Dani couldn’t wipe worry from her face and he “couldn’t expect her to.” What can you conclude from this?

How did Dani’s death mark a turning point for Will?

Alive = A Veil. What can you conclude Will means by this anagram?

“Gun strapped like a brick…” The author uses this simile primarily to convey….

“And my mom hanging over my brother’s body like a dimmed light post.” The author uses this simile primarily to convey…

PART THREE: SYMBOLISM AND FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

Select the best match for each symbol meaning.

Reach each quote and drag it under the figurative language device that is being used in the quote.

“Gunshots make everyone _ and _.”

What two words complete this passage?

“Gunshots make everyone _ and _.”

What two words complete this passage?