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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Garraty call the twelve miles of zigzag roads in Chapter 7?

2. How many warnings does Garraty have when they are almost at 50 miles?

3. Who tells Barkovitch that he's not a pest anymore, but a murderer?

4. What is Baker regularly popping into his mouth in Chapter 8?

5. Which Walker got his ticket after the first town?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

4. What happens to Walker number 9?

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

6. What happened to Baker's brother?

7. What is the half-track?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

As Garraty becomes more tired, he begins thinking of Jan more as "the best thing he had every known" and about their first real kiss. Discuss how memories and images of her keep him walking.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the dark figure beckoning to Garraty at the end of the book. What/who do you think it is?

Essay Topic 3

Good vs. evil is a theme in "The Long Walk". Most of the Walkers with the exception of Barkovitch are considered good. The soldiers and the Major are evil. Write about this aspect of the book. Is this solely affected by point of view or there other reasons that the soldiers are viewed as evil?

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