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

2. Where do the brothers come from?
(a) New Mexico.
(b) Arizona.
(c) New York.
(d) California.

3. What road do the Walkers take out of Augusta?
(a) U.S. 202.
(b) Highway 3.
(c) Interstate 10.
(d) County Road 112.

4. What college do the young men who make a human pyramid attend?
(a) Maine State University.
(b) University of Maine.
(c) University of New Hampshire.
(d) Harvard.

5. Who says, "I still want to live" in Chapter 11?
(a) Baker.
(b) Stebbins.
(c) McVries.
(d) Parker.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who predicts that Garraty and his friends will be dead by morning?

2. Who says, "he died like a bug under a microscope"?

3. Who is Dom L'Antio?

4. Who gets gut cramps in Chapter 12?

5. What is Scramm most likely ill with?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Barkovitch die?

2. What upsets McVries about the boys in the leather jackets at the front?

3. Explain Parker's analogy about crackers and how they compare to the Walkers.

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

5. In Chapter 15, who is the Vegas favorite? What are his odds and why does it look like Vegas may be right?

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

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

8. In Garraty's mind, why are there probably pine trees planted on the median in Chapter 11?

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

10. What had Garraty's girlfriend said about his going on the Long Walk?

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