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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. How long has it been since Garraty has seen his father?
2. What time does Garraty's watch say when the Major begins the competition?
3. In Chapter 6, what was the longest minute of the longest night of Garraty's entire life?
4. Who brought raw hamburger for the walk?
5. In Chapter 5, how many miles does Olson announce is it to Oldtown?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who is number 45, and what happens to him?
2. Garraty begins half-dozing while walking after leaving Caribou. What images go through his mind?
3. What happens to Curley in Chapter 2?
4. What happened two years ago at the marker post that Olson points to?
5. Why does Garraty think of Stebbins as the "lean Buddha"?
6. What greets the Walkers when they walk into Caribou city limits?
7. Describe Garraty's mother.
8. What happens to Walker number 9?
9. Describe what happens between Rank and Barkovitch.
10. What food does Garraty wish for in Chapter 7?
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
Garraty observes a family having a picnic on the side of the road and calls them freaks for eating and watching as starving boys pass them by. Later, Stebbins refers to the Long Walk as the national pastime. Why do you think people line up to watch boys die?
Essay Topic 3
In Chapter 7, Garraty tells the other boys that his dad was Squaded, and Baker talks about participating in something that was a Squading offense. In this book, the author has provided clues about the Squad. Discuss what you know about the Squad, and describe what you believe "Squaded" and "Squading" refers to.
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