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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. What is Baker regularly popping into his mouth in Chapter 8?

2. Who is writing down everyone's name and number at the beginning and for what purpose?

3. Who says that Porterville is the only town where there are more graveyards than people?

4. How old is Garraty?

5. Who wears horn-rimmed glasses with lenses like the bottom of Coke bottles?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happens to Walker number 9?

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

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

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

7. What happens to Curley in Chapter 2?

8. What causes the boys to collectively groan in Chapter 4 and why?

9. What happened two years ago at the marker post that Olson points to?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When it looks like Harkness is going to get his ticket, Garraty realizes logically that that will help him. What does he mean when he thinks, "But something went deeper, a truer, more frightening logic. Harkness was a part of the group that Garraty was a part of, a segment of his subclan."

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Stephen King writes in the Introduction about the necessity of "killing" Richard Bachman. Explain why you think he must do this. Do you agree or disagree? Explain your reasons.

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