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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What causes Garraty to stumble when walking on the median in Chapter 11?
(a) A hole.
(b) Pine trees.
(c) A rock.
(d) The sole of his shoe.

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

5. Why do the boys talk about snuff in Chapter 13?
(a) The soldiers have snuff.
(b) It was one of the questions on the application.
(c) The Major uses snuff.
(d) One of the Walkers has some.

6. In Chapter 11, who says, "God help us an' points south"?
(a) Scramm.
(b) McVries.
(c) Abraham.
(d) Baker.

7. In Chapter 15, what Walker begins screaming repeatedly?
(a) Abraham.
(b) Klingerman.
(c) Parker.
(d) Pearson.

8. What is waiting for the Walkers on the entrance ramp of the turnpike in Chapter 11?
(a) Four-hundred-gun-salute.
(b) Television news crew.
(c) A marching band.
(d) The Major.

9. Who receives his ticket during a hailstorm?
(a) Jenson.
(b) Olson.
(c) Baker.
(d) Pearson.

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

11. In Chapter 9, the word is that the walk is going to go as far as where?
(a) New Hampshire.
(b) Massachusetts.
(c) Boston.
(d) Augusta.

12. Who says, "I still want to live" in Chapter 11?
(a) Parker.
(b) McVries.
(c) Stebbins.
(d) Baker.

13. What does Garraty compare the crowd in Augusta to?
(a) A storm of immense magnitude.
(b) A god that will devour them all.
(c) A sea of blank faces.
(d) The roar of the jungle.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Barkovitch used to carry around at high school for protection?

2. What two Walkers sit down on the road in Chapter 12?

3. Who says, "he died like a bug under a microscope"?

4. Where do the brothers come from?

5. Who says, "None of us really has anything to lose. That makes it easier to give away"?

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