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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which Walker got his ticket after the first town?
(a) Curley.
(b) Ewing.
(c) Wilson.
(d) Wilber.

2. How fast must the boys walk not to receive a warning?
(a) Three miles an hour.
(b) Four miles an hour.
(c) Two miles an hour.
(d) Five miles an hour.

3. In Chapter 6, what was the longest minute of the longest night of Garraty's entire life?
(a) Three-thirty in the morning.
(b) One minute after midnight.
(c) Five-thirty in the morning.
(d) Noon.

4. In Chapter 6, whom does Garraty realize is gone when he looks around at 4 a.m.?
(a) No one.
(b) Parker.
(c) Percy.
(d) Gribble.

5. Who says, "You get paid to shoot me, not to look at me"?
(a) Barkovitch.
(b) Garraty.
(c) McVries.
(d) Olson.

6. Garraty panics in Chapter 6 when none of the faces around him are familiar. What does he briefly wonder?
(a) Whether he's successfully snuck away from the walk.
(b) If he's dead.
(c) If he's wandered off the road to join hiking Boy Scouts.
(d) Whether he's about to get his ticket.

7. "Conserve energy whenever possible" is which hint?
(a) Hint Thirteen.
(b) Hint One.
(c) Hint Nineteen.
(d) Hint Five.

8. How old is Garraty?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Sixteen.
(c) Seventeen.
(d) Fourteen.

9. How many boys are still on the Long Walk when Chapter 4 ends?
(a) Ninety-two.
(b) Eighty-eight.
(c) Ninety.
(d) Ninety-one.

10. What embarrasses Number 31 in Chapter 2?
(a) Tripping over his shoelaces.
(b) Being called "fatso" by another boy.
(c) Getting the first warning of the Long Walk.
(d) His mother calling his name.

11. How much is bet on the Long Walk each year?
(a) 50 million.
(b) None; betting's not allowed.
(c) Five million.
(d) Two billion.

12. In Chapter 5, how many miles does Olson announce is it to Oldtown?
(a) 52.
(b) 18.
(c) 220.
(d) 105.

13. How many warnings does Garraty have when they are almost at 50 miles?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) None.

14. What number is Garraty?
(a) 62.
(b) 49.
(c) 47.
(d) 12.

15. Who says that Porterville is the only town where there are more graveyards than people?
(a) Garraty.
(b) Garraty's father.
(c) Garraty's mother.
(d) The Major.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the third boy who gets shot wearing?

2. Who in Jefferson Plantation puts up a banner congratulating the Walkers on making the 100-mile mark and belonging to this year's "Century Club"?

3. Which Walker has a fit of hysteria as they pass the 100-mile mark?

4. Whom did Garraty play doctor with when he was five years old?

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

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