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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 7, what game are Baker and Abraham playing?

2. In Chapter 3, why is Stebbins walking hunched over?

3. In Chapter 3, what tube did Garraty have for dinner?

4. In Chapter 5, how many miles does Olson announce is it to Oldtown?

5. In Chapter 1, what is the skinny blond boy in the tree eating?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the half-track?

2. What happens to Curley in Chapter 2?

3. What does Harkness want to do when the Long Walk ends?

4. What happens to the boy named Travin?

5. What happens to Percy's mother in Chapter 3?

6. How does McVries end up with a scar on his face?

7. Garraty begins half-dozing while walking after leaving Caribou. What images go through his mind?

8. Describe what happens between Rank and Barkovitch.

9. Garraty feels a superior gratification in Chapter 6. Why?

10. Why does Garraty think of Stebbins as the "lean Buddha"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The boys realize that there can only be one winner and that the sooner the others around them get their tickets, the sooner they can stop walking. Yet many of them continue to urge each other on, even though doing so extends their own suffering. Why do they do this?

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter 14, Garraty antagonizes Barkovitch, but in the next chapter, Stebbins does the same to him. Why does Garraty do it? Stebbins? Is it for the same or different reasons? Is it a conscious decision that either makes?

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 16, Abraham extracts a promise from Garraty that there's "no help for anybody. Do it on your own or don't do it." Why do the boys make this promise at this time? What does "root hog or die" refer to?

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