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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who says, "None of us really has anything to lose. That makes it easier to give away"?
(a) McVries.
(b) Garraty.
(c) Stebbins.
(d) Scramm.

2. Who describes his feet as having migraines in Chapter 15?
(a) Abraham.
(b) Garraty.
(c) Pearson.
(d) Barkovitch.

3. According to Stebbins, the average housewife walks how many miles a day without realizing it?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Fourteen.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Sixteen.

4. Who knows no fatigue in Chapter 11?
(a) The crowd.
(b) The brothers.
(c) Parker.
(d) Stebbins.

5. Who predicts that Garraty and his friends will be dead by morning?
(a) Barkovitch.
(b) Abraham.
(c) Baker.
(d) Stebbins.

6. Who is Garraty's mother's friend who tries to talk him out of the race and what does he do for a living?
(a) Dr. Patterson, diagnostician.
(b) Mr. McBain, school principal.
(c) Dr. Gerard, pediatrician.
(d) Mr. Fields, lawyer.

7. What causes Garraty to receive his second warning in Chapter 11?
(a) Tripping and trying to get back up.
(b) Helping Scramm.
(c) Stopping for a bowel movement.
(d) Falling asleep.

8. Who took the test on the spur of the moment because he had his Work Permit that allowed him into the gym?
(a) Parker.
(b) Baker.
(c) Abraham.
(d) McVries.

9. What does Barkovitch say that he wants as his prize?
(a) Plastic feet.
(b) A mansion.
(c) A million dollars.
(d) To never walk again.

10. Garraty remembers getting water cramps once after drinking a lot of ice-cold water. What activity had made him so thirsty?
(a) Hiking with his dad.
(b) Helping neighbors get in their hay.
(c) A stomach virus.
(d) Running track.

11. What headline does Garraty imagine seeing about Olson?
(a) LONG WALKER ESCAPES.
(b) LONG WALK WON BY DEAD MAN.
(c) LONG WALKER STARVES TO DEATH.
(d) LONG WALK PARTICIPANT FILLED WITH 100 HOLES.

12. How much time did McVries have from the time he was notified until the walk would start?
(a) One hour.
(b) Three days.
(c) One week.
(d) Ten hours.

13. What does the soldier who gives Garraty his third warning look like?
(a) Young and dark.
(b) Older with white blond hair.
(c) Young and blond.
(d) Middle-age and graying.

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

15. What do Garraty's legs feel like after climbing a hill in Chapter 10?
(a) Water.
(b) Rocks.
(c) Pins and needles.
(d) Jello.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who keeps moving after being shot multiple times in Chapter 10?

2. According to Pearson, who wants to be hurt?

3. According to Garraty, whose hair was going gray before he died?

4. What are Veazie and Winterport, mentioned in Chapter 12?

5. What tribe are the two brothers members of?

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