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

2. Why says, "Sinless in thought, word, and deed"?
(a) Stebbins.
(b) Garraty.
(c) McVries.
(d) Baker.

3. Whom does one of the highway repair men have ten bucks bet on?
(a) Garraty.
(b) McVries.
(c) Scramm.
(d) Barkovitch.

4. How many boys die during Part I of "The Long Walk"?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Five.
(d) Eight.

5. Who says that if he had a dollar that he would put it on Garraty to win?
(a) McVries.
(b) Scramm.
(c) Olson.
(d) Stebbins.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. "Conserve energy whenever possible" is which hint?

3. In Chapter 8, who describes the Long Walk as "the next thing to suicide"?

4. Garraty panics in Chapter 6 when none of the faces around him are familiar. What does he briefly wonder?

5. What is compared to old silk in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. What happens to Walker number 9?

4. What happens with Hint 10 in Chapter 3?

5. What happened two years ago at the marker post that Olson points to?

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

7. What does Harkness want to do when the Long Walk ends?

8. Describe what happens between Rank and Barkovitch.

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

10. In Chapter 5, McVries believes he has discovered the secret to the race. What is it?

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