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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 14 and 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Parker call the crowds in Augusta?
(a) Pigs.
(b) Nuts.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Freaks.

2. Who wears horn-rimmed glasses with lenses like the bottom of Coke bottles?
(a) Baker.
(b) Pearson.
(c) Stebbins.
(d) Olson.

3. In Chapter 3, why is Stebbins walking hunched over?
(a) He's trying to hide the fact that he's crying.
(b) Because he's cold.
(c) To protect his jelly sandwich.
(d) He's having a cramp.

4. After an almost pink streak in the sky, what did the air smell like?
(a) Rain.
(b) Ozone.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Earth.

5. In Chapter 4, whose voice is as shrill as broken glass?
(a) Olson.
(b) Percy.
(c) Baker.
(d) Barkovitch.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, who sits down at the top of the hill, saying that he only wants to rest?

2. Who is Garraty's mother's friend who tries to talk him out of the race and what does he do for a living?

3. How much time did McVries have from the time he was notified until the walk would start?

4. What does the yellow sky make Garraty think of?

5. Where do the brothers come from?

(see the answer key)

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