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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 6, whom does Garraty realize is gone when he looks around at 4 a.m.?

2. Who tries to sneak into the woods in Chapter 7?

3. What does Garraty tell the other boys about his father?

4. Who dropped his food belt in Chapter 3?

5. Who tells Barkovitch that he's not a pest anymore, but a murderer?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens to the boy named Travin?

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

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

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

6. Describe Limestone.

7. What happens to Walker number 9?

8. Who are the first spectators that the Walkers see soon after 5 a.m. in Chapter 6?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Garraty observes a family having a picnic on the side of the road and calls them freaks for eating and watching as starving boys pass them by. Later, Stebbins refers to the Long Walk as the national pastime. Why do you think people line up to watch boys die?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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