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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What number was Abraham drawn as from the list of Walkers?
(a) Three.
(b) Ninety.
(c) Sixteen.
(d) Alternate.

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

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

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

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

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

8. What state is Scramm from?
(a) Texas.
(b) Arizona.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Nevada.

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

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

11. What does Garraty's spine feel like in Chapter 14?
(a) Jelly.
(b) Blue rod of fire.
(c) Pins and needles.
(d) Splintered broomstick.

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

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

14. What is the soldier wearing on his wrist?
(a) Stopwatch.
(b) Solid-state computer with a sonar device.
(c) Watch.
(d) Nothing.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Abraham and Baker doing when Chapter 13 begins?

2. What does Parker call the crowds in Augusta?

3. When the Walkers are only thirteen miles from Freeport, how many Walkers remain?

4. Garraty remembers getting water cramps once after drinking a lot of ice-cold water. What activity had made him so thirsty?

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

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