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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. In Chapter 8, who describes the Long Walk as "the next thing to suicide"?
(a) Baker.
(b) Garraty.
(c) Olson.
(d) McVries.

2. Who says, "You get paid to shoot me, not to look at me"?
(a) Garraty.
(b) Barkovitch.
(c) Olson.
(d) McVries.

3. What embarrasses Number 31 in Chapter 2?
(a) Getting the first warning of the Long Walk.
(b) Tripping over his shoelaces.
(c) His mother calling his name.
(d) Being called "fatso" by another boy.

4. What does Garraty call the twelve miles of zigzag roads in Chapter 7?
(a) Hainesville Woods.
(b) Trucker's Hell.
(c) Augusta Forest.
(d) Maine Switchback.

5. What is Baker regularly popping into his mouth in Chapter 8?
(a) Candy.
(b) Grapes.
(c) Nuts.
(d) Olives.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose quote begins Chapter 1?

2. Which Walker says he weighs 167?

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

4. How old is Stebbins?

5. In Chapter 7, what game are Baker and Abraham playing?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Who is number 45, and what happens to him?

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

7. What happened to Baker's brother?

8. What is the half-track?

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

10. What happens to Walker number 9?

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