The Long Walk Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 108 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Long Walk Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 108 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. How many warnings does Garraty have when they are almost at 50 miles?

2. Which number is the first to receive a ticket?

3. Who gets his ticket after stopping with the girls by the MG?

4. In Chapter 6, what was the longest minute of the longest night of Garraty's entire life?

5. Who brought raw hamburger for the walk?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Curley in Chapter 2?

2. What happened to Baker's brother?

3. Who is number 45, and what happens to him?

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

5. Describe the boy in the pine tree in Chapter 1.

6. What happens to the boy named Travin?

7. What is the half-track?

8. What begins with Davidson's story about the hoochie-kooch tent?

9. In Chapter 5, McVries believes he has discovered the secret to the race. What is it?

10. Garraty wants to know why there aren't more people watching the Long Walk in Chapter 8. Who explains why and what is the explanation?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 3, McVries notes the passing of their first cemetery, "our first boneyard." At this point, death is not something the boys can ignore anymore. Many realize that they will most likely die before this is all over because their can only be one winner. Explain how attitudes and expectations about death change during "The Long Walk".

Essay Topic 2

Garraty is drawn to Stebbins, whom he believes is a "Buddha" with the answers. In Chapter 10, Stebbins tells Garraty to talk to Olson. Garraty asks Stebbins, "Is it a very important lesson, would you say?" Garraty then goes to Olson to learn the secret. Discuss what lessons and secrets that Garraty hopes to learn and how this scene foreshadows Olson's death.

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 12, the reader finds out more about the reality that "The Long Walk" takes place when Stebbins says that the urge to do good is "when the old realities and moralities are starting to sink in. In the old days, before the Change and the Squads,...they used to set up foundations and build libraries..." Discuss what you believe led to the Change and the Squads and how life changed for people.

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