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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. What time does Garraty's watch say when the Major begins the competition?
(a) Garraty's watch quits working.
(b) 8:59.
(c) 9:00.
(d) 9:01.

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

3. Where does Davidson tell the others that he got drunk?
(a) High school football game.
(b) School field trip.
(c) Steubenville State Fair.
(d) Barnum & Bailey Circus.

4. Who was placed in a police cruiser in Chapter 4?
(a) Percy's mother.
(b) A man giving away watermelon.
(c) Stebbins.
(d) One of the soldiers who refused to shoot.

5. In Chapter 4, whose voice is as shrill as broken glass?
(a) Baker.
(b) Percy.
(c) Barkovitch.
(d) Olson.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3, what tube did Garraty have for dinner?

2. McVries loses it in Chapter 6 and challenges the soldiers to a fight and receiving how many warnings?

3. How fast must the boys walk not to receive a warning?

4. What happens at 3 p.m. in Chapter 3?

5. What kind of car does Ray Garraty drive up in?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Garraty begins half-dozing while walking after leaving Caribou. What images go through his mind?

3. Describe what happens between Rank and Barkovitch.

4. Describe McVries' breakdown in Chapter 6.

5. What greets the Walkers when they walk into Caribou city limits?

6. What causes Garraty to almost lose it in Chapter 8, and how does McVries help him?

7. What happens to Curley in Chapter 2?

8. What happens to Walker number 9?

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

10. Describe Garraty's mother.

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