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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the yellow sky make Garraty think of?
(a) A sandstorm.
(b) A tornado sky.
(c) A sunny day.
(d) Sunrise.

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

4. What are Abraham and Baker doing when Chapter 13 begins?
(a) Singing.
(b) Matching dimes.
(c) Throwing up.
(d) Getting their third warnings.

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

6. What approximate time did the Walkers reach Oldtown?
(a) Noon.
(b) 6 p.m.
(c) Midnight.
(d) 6 a.m.

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

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

9. Whom does Garraty first ask about helping Scramm's wife?
(a) Barkovitch.
(b) Pearson.
(c) Stebbins.
(d) Abraham.

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

11. What three Walkers did people from out-of-state cheer for?
(a) Parker, McVries, Johnson.
(b) Olson, Abraham, Washington.
(c) Barkovitch, Pearson, Wyman.
(d) Scramm, Baker, Abraham.

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

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

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

15. According to Garraty, whose hair was going gray before he died?
(a) Mike.
(b) Olson.
(c) Scramm.
(d) Gribble.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Dom L'Antio?

2. What does the soldier who gives Garraty his third warning look like?

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

4. Who are the guys in the leather jackets at the front of the walk?

5. What does Garraty tell McVries about Barkovitch winning in Chapter 9?

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