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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. During Chapter 15, who begins to remember all the first nice things that have happened to him in his life?
(a) Parker.
(b) McVries.
(c) Baker.
(d) Garraty.

3. What are Veazie and Winterport, mentioned in Chapter 12?
(a) Old friends of Garraty that he dreams about.
(b) Names on overhead signs seen during the night.
(c) Street names.
(d) Names of Walkers.

4. Who says, "he died like a bug under a microscope"?
(a) Baker.
(b) Garraty.
(c) McVries.
(d) Stebbins.

5. 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) Mr. Fields, lawyer.
(b) Dr. Patterson, diagnostician.
(c) Mr. McBain, school principal.
(d) Dr. Gerard, pediatrician.

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

7. Who is the Walker who hasn't talked to anyone in two hours nor touched his canteen in Chapter 9?
(a) Pearson.
(b) Olson.
(c) Scramm.
(d) McVries.

8. When the Walkers are only thirteen miles from Freeport, how many Walkers remain?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Eighteen.
(c) Thirty-four.
(d) Twenty-six.

9. Baker says there's a reservation close to his home. What tribe lives on the reservation?
(a) Nez Perce.
(b) Blackfoot.
(c) Seminole.
(d) Pawnee.

10. What is the big highway?
(a) U.S. 1.
(b) U.S. 110.
(c) Interstate 10.
(d) Interstate 5.

11. What is the man who is holding up a sign about the Panama Canal wearing?
(a) An Uncle Sam suit.
(b) A bird outfit.
(c) A suit.
(d) Nothing.

12. According to Pearson, who wants to be hurt?
(a) Abraham.
(b) Baker.
(c) Barkovitch.
(d) McVries.

13. What did Barkovitch used to carry around at high school for protection?
(a) Pocketknife.
(b) Switchblade.
(c) Gun.
(d) Pepper spray.

14. Who says to Garraty, "you're the bee's knees"?
(a) Stebbins.
(b) Scramm.
(c) Baker.
(d) McVries.

15. In Chapter 15, Garraty realizes he must go on for what reason?
(a) To make Jan proud.
(b) Because he is Maine's Own.
(c) To make his father proud.
(d) Because otherwise he's be shot.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What college do the young men who make a human pyramid attend?

3. What headline does Garraty imagine seeing about Olson?

4. In Chapter 11, Garraty dozes and hears "Are you experienced?" repeated over and over. Garraty thinks the voice is either Stebbins or who?

5. What road do the Walkers take out of Augusta?

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