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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Olson says they've got infrared sweep-scopes in addition to how many kinds of monitoring gear?
(a) Fifty.
(b) Dozen.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Forty.

2. Who is Freaky D'Allessio?
(a) A boy who's funeral Garraty attended.
(b) Last year's Long Walk winner.
(c) One of the Walkers.
(d) His best friend at home.

3. How long has it been since Garraty has seen his father?
(a) Five years.
(b) Eight years.
(c) Three years.
(d) Eleven years.

4. Who says, "We want to die, that's why we're doing it"?
(a) Stebbins.
(b) Harkness.
(c) McVries.
(d) Parker.

5. McVries loses it in Chapter 6 and challenges the soldiers to a fight and receiving how many warnings?
(a) Three.
(b) None.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was placed in a police cruiser in Chapter 4?

2. Who says that if he had a dollar that he would put it on Garraty to win?

3. How old is Garraty?

4. When Chapter 8 begins, Ray vows to wait until at least what time before he eats anything?

5. What does the abandoned, crumbling building have written across it?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Garraty receive a warning in Chapter 1?

2. What causes the boys to collectively groan in Chapter 4 and why?

3. Describe Garraty's mother.

4. Garraty feels a superior gratification in Chapter 6. Why?

5. What begins with Davidson's story about the hoochie-kooch tent?

6. Who are the first spectators that the Walkers see soon after 5 a.m. in Chapter 6?

7. Describe McVries' breakdown in Chapter 6.

8. Describe what happens between Rank and Barkovitch.

9. Describe the boy in the pine tree in Chapter 1.

10. Why does Garraty think of Stebbins as the "lean Buddha"?

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