Inside the Elevator
On Floor 7, this character steps into the elevator, forces Will into a playful headlock, and steals his phone.
What is Buck?
where does Shawn keep his gun at?
His middle drawer
Rule Number 1 in Will's neighborhood explicitly forbids this emotional display.
What is Crying?
The entire plot of the book takes place over this incredibly brief duration of time.
what is 60 seconds?
what does Uncle Mark do in his free time?
What is a movie director?
Who Kills Frick?
Shawn
There is one who took immediate revenge on Frick, shooting him on the very same night Buck was killed.
What is Shawn?
To make Will feel the true terror of being a victim, Mikey performs this terrifying action, causing Will to wet his pants.
What is putting a gun to Will's head?
Will admits that he has never actually done this action before, making his mission to shoot Carlson Riggs even more dangerous and unpredictable.
What is hold a gun (or shoot a gun)?
in Wills eyes, What does the "lobby" button symbolize for him?
Loser
Dani forces Will to think about the consequences of his plan by asking him this specific, haunting question about what happens after he pulls the trigger.
What is "What if you miss?"
On Floor 5, Uncle Mark steps in and immediately asks Will for one of these, despite being a ghost.
What is a Cigarette?
Will uses this specific literary term—the rearranging of letters in one word to make a new word—to express his internal chaos, such as linking "Crying" to "Coinry."
What is anagram?
Before he was shot, Shawn was out at the corner store to buy this specific hygiene item for their mother.
what is special soap?
This is the exact floor number where Dani steps into the elevator, representing the age she was when she was killed on the playground.
What is floor 6?
What is Wills Mom name?
Shari Holloman
Will's father Mikey was killed when Will was only this many years old, leaving him with almost no memories of his dad.
What is three years old?