Long Way Down (Floor 4, pages 195-234)
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- Q1
Through Will's Dad, the reader learns why Buck started "mentoring" Shawn and looking after Will. What is the reason?
Their dad worked the same street corner as Buck.
Will's and Shawn's Dad was killed in a pay phone booth on Buck's corner. Their dad was shoot in retaliation for killing Uncle Mark's murderer.
Buck accidentally shot their Dad, mistaking him for a rival drug dealer.
Their dad was arrested for shooting Gee who shot his brother Mark.
60s - Q2
Why does Will not remember his father Mikey Holloman?
He was three when his father was arrested for shooting Gee.
He was three when his father went into hiding because he shot Gee, the wrong man, for killing Mark.
He was three when his father was shot in the phone booth.
He was three when he his father walked out on the family for feeling guilty for killing the wrong man.
60s - Q3
What does the following quote reveal about Mikey's motivation for shooting Mark's killer?: "You and Shawn were little and I couldn't just come home and be a daddy and a husband when I couldn't be a brother no more."
He feels like he is doing the best he can for his family.
He feels like the only way to keep his family safe is to shoot Mark's murderer.
He feels like he should keep his family safe by not avenging his brother's death.
He feels like a failure who must prove that he can in some way protect his loved ones.
60s - Q4
Will's dad tells him that after he shot "Gee" (Mark's supposed killer) he "took a hot shower, hot enough to burn the skin off my body...Couldn't kiss your mother, couldn't kiss you boys..." What is Mikey trying to tell his son?
Taking a life hardens a person, making one tough and strong.
The guilt of killing someone will eat you up with guilt. You will feel the same way if you shoot Riggs.
It will take time to recover from taking a life.
Killing someone who has killed your loved one is worth it despite the guilt.
60s - Q5
Will's dad says, "I was sure that was Mark's killer. Had to be." Will said the same thing to Dani. What emotional internal conflict does the repetition of this quote reveal?
Doubt
Impatience with other's questioning their choices
Sureness that they both have the right killer identified
Firmness/Resolve to continue
60s - Q6
What is the purpose of the pun "Pop. Pop? Pop!" in "Pop Stood Over Me?"
It imitates the sound of the gun and represents Will's questioning tone when Mikey puts the gun to his son's head.
It shows how Will is alike his own "Pop" in using a gun to solve beef.
It shows how Will continue in his "Pop's" foot steps by "popping" or "shooting" his brother's killer.
It shows that "popping" or "shooting" someone over family is never the answer.
60s - Q7
What does does Will feel after he finds out that his father killed the wrong man (Gee) for shooting Mark?
Pride
Fear
Disappointment
Worry
60s - Q8
What do the fifteen bullets in Will's gun symbolize?
How old Dani would be is she were alive
How is going to waste or lose each of his years of life if he kills Riggs
How old Buck was when he started watching out for the family
How Shawn has used the gun to kill someone when he was fifteen
60s - Q9
What motif (recurring image) to show what motivates a person to kill someone or bring danger to their family?
Nighttime
Gun
Anagrams
Broken Drawer
60s - Q10
Which of the following is NOT a message from Will's Dad?
You don't have it in you (Will wets himself when the gun is held to his head).
You have to do what you need to do to protect family.
Sometimes you must not follow the rules and break the cycle.
Sometimes you kill the wrong person or an innocent.
60s - Q11
Why does Reynolds arrange the "ghosts" in the following order: Dani, Uncle Mark, and Mikey (Will's dad)?
Dani is needed to make Will feel the need to avenge his lost loved ones, starting when he was eight. Then after he sees the Mikey avenged his brother Mark's death, Will knows he must do the same for his brother Shawn.
Dani is needed first to reinforce the idea that there are always innocent victims. She is followed by Mark to set up his own death, so then Mikey can come in to set up the idea he avenged his brother's death by shooting the wrong man. Another innocent like Dani has been killed.
Dani means the most to Will because she is the only one of the three he actually knows. It makes sense to start with a familiar face before starting with the revenge story of Mark getting shot with Mikey following up with revenge.
Dani is the only innocent character among the three. She is first to show that the loss of innocent life in the "beef" game are natural and to be expected.
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