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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) Dozen.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Forty.
(d) Fifty.

2. In Chapter 7, what game are Baker and Abraham playing?
(a) Twenty questions.
(b) License tag game.
(c) I Spy.
(d) Ghost.

3. What happens at 3 p.m. in Chapter 3?
(a) The group comes to their next town.
(b) It starts raining.
(c) Garraty finishes his first day's dinner.
(d) Another boy is shot.

4. What lunch did Garraty's mom used to make for him and his father when they went hunting?
(a) Meatloaf sandwiches.
(b) Cold flapjacks filled with apple jelly.
(c) Chocolate cake.
(d) Bacon sandwiches.

5. How much is bet on the Long Walk each year?
(a) 50 million.
(b) Five million.
(c) None; betting's not allowed.
(d) Two billion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What restaurants does Garraty notice in Limestone?

2. Whose rain hat flapped obscenely in a back pocket?

3. Who describes Barkovitch as "He's just walkin' to see other people die"?

4. What does Rank do to Barkovitch that is forbidden by the rules?

5. Who says that Porterville is the only town where there are more graveyards than people?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happened to Baker's brother?

3. Garraty wants to know why there aren't more people watching the Long Walk in Chapter 8. Who explains why and what is the explanation?

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

5. Describe McVries' breakdown in Chapter 6.

6. What happens to Percy's mother in Chapter 3?

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

8. What is the half-track?

9. Sum up what the boys have to say about love and death in Chapter 4.

10. What happens to the boy named Travin?

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