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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. In Chapter 9, the word is that the walk is going to go as far as where?
2. Where do the brothers come from?
3. According to Pearson, who wants to be hurt?
4. Who knows no fatigue in Chapter 11?
5. Who is Dom L'Antio?
Short Essay Questions
1. When it becomes inevitable that Scramm will die, what do the other Walkers decide to do?
2. When Garraty resumes walking in Chapter 13, why does he feel resentful?
3. Why does Garraty want to see Barkovitch in Chapter 14?
4. What is Pearson's plan for when he feels like he can't go on and why won't it work, according to Garraty?
5. What fear does Garraty begin obsessing over in Chapter 15, thanks to Stebbins, and why does it upset him so?
6. How does Barkovitch die?
7. What is more gruesome about Olson's murder than most of the previous ones? What reactions are there?
8. What had Garraty's girlfriend said about his going on the Long Walk?
9. In Garraty's mind, why are there probably pine trees planted on the median in Chapter 11?
10. What does Garraty reveal about Jimmy Owens in Chapter 11?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The boys realize that there can only be one winner and that the sooner the others around them get their tickets, the sooner they can stop walking. Yet many of them continue to urge each other on, even though doing so extends their own suffering. Why do they do this?
Essay Topic 2
When Mike and Scramm plan out the way they will end their lives, they sit down together to talk. However, Garraty notes that they aren't speaking the same language. What is the significance of this?
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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