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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. Which Walker says he weighs 167?

2. Who is Freaky D'Allessio?

3. Who is responsible for the sign that the Walkers see that supports Garraty in Chapter 5?

4. Who gets three warnings due to a charley horse in Chapter 2?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens with Hint 10 in Chapter 3?

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

3. What causes the boys to collectively groan in Chapter 4 and why?

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

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

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

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

8. What is the half-track?

9. What happens to Curley in Chapter 2?

10. Describe Garraty's mother.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 12, the reader finds out more about the reality that "The Long Walk" takes place when Stebbins says that the urge to do good is "when the old realities and moralities are starting to sink in. In the old days, before the Change and the Squads,...they used to set up foundations and build libraries..." Discuss what you believe led to the Change and the Squads and how life changed for people.

Essay Topic 2

Stephen King writes in the Introduction about the necessity of "killing" Richard Bachman. Explain why you think he must do this. Do you agree or disagree? Explain your reasons.

Essay Topic 3

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

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