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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Garraty's mother's friend who tries to talk him out of the race and what does he do for a living?
(a) Mr. Fields, lawyer.
(b) Mr. McBain, school principal.
(c) Dr. Patterson, diagnostician.
(d) Dr. Gerard, pediatrician.

2. Who is the Walker who hasn't talked to anyone in two hours nor touched his canteen in Chapter 9?
(a) Olson.
(b) Pearson.
(c) McVries.
(d) Scramm.

3. What are Abraham and Baker doing when Chapter 13 begins?
(a) Throwing up.
(b) Singing.
(c) Getting their third warnings.
(d) Matching dimes.

4. What do Garraty's legs feel like after climbing a hill in Chapter 10?
(a) Rocks.
(b) Water.
(c) Jello.
(d) Pins and needles.

5. In Chapter 11, who says, "God help us an' points south"?
(a) Abraham.
(b) Scramm.
(c) Baker.
(d) McVries.

Short Answer Questions

1. What tribe are the two brothers members of?

2. Garraty remembers getting water cramps once after drinking a lot of ice-cold water. What activity had made him so thirsty?

3. What college do the young men who make a human pyramid attend?

4. When the Walkers are only thirteen miles from Freeport, how many Walkers remain?

5. According to Pearson, who wants to be hurt?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Barkovitch respond to Garraty's proposal in Chapter 12?

2. What is Pearson's plan for when he feels like he can't go on and why won't it work, according to Garraty?

3. When the Walkers reach the 115-mile mark at the beginning of Chapter 9, what locations do they still have ahead of them and in what direction are they headed?

4. What does Stebbins mean when he says to Garraty, "Maybe it's your edge"?

5. What would Garraty like to be doing on an 80-degree day if he weren't on the walk?

6. What happens to Garraty's leg in Chapter 13?

7. When it becomes inevitable that Scramm will die, what do the other Walkers decide to do?

8. How does Barkovitch die?

9. What does McVries do to try to keep Garraty from obsessing over the time?

10. Garraty was once frightened by a movie starting Robert Mitchum. What was the movie about and why is Garraty thinking about it?

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