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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 the big highway?

2. Whom does Garraty first ask about helping Scramm's wife?

3. Who gets gut cramps in Chapter 12?

4. Where did Garraty and Jan sometimes stop after going to the movies?

5. In Chapter 11, who says, "God help us an' points south"?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Garraty resumes walking in Chapter 13, why does he feel resentful?

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

3. How does Barkovitch respond to Garraty's proposal in Chapter 12?

4. In Chapter 11, the boys are honored by the color guard. How do the Walkers respond and why?

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

6. Why does Garraty want to see Barkovitch in Chapter 14?

7. What fear does Garraty begin obsessing over in Chapter 15, thanks to Stebbins, and why does it upset him so?

8. What does Garraty reveal about Jimmy Owens 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. In Garraty's mind, why are there probably pine trees planted on the median in Chapter 11?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author provides hints about the prize throughout the book. Scramm tells Garraty that most of the boys didn't "get into this thinking of winning the Prize" and implies that this is why they won't win. Later, Pearson indicates the Prize is having his heart's desire, but right now he would rather have his life. Discuss the significance of the Prize in the motivation of the characters.

Essay Topic 2

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 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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