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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. Who says, "None of us really has anything to lose. That makes it easier to give away"?
2. Who is Dom L'Antio?
3. Why was one of the women in the crowd a standout in Chapter 11?
4. What number was Abraham drawn as from the list of Walkers?
5. Whom does the woman scream for at the end of Chapter 10?
Short Essay Questions
1. What would Garraty like to be doing on an 80-degree day if he weren't on the walk?
2. Explain Parker's analogy about crackers and how they compare to the Walkers.
3. Why does McVries pull Garraty away from his girlfriend?
4. What is more gruesome about Olson's murder than most of the previous ones? What reactions are there?
5. When the Walkers reach the 115-mile mark at the beginning of Chapter 9, what locations do they still have ahead of them and in what direction are they headed?
6. In Chapter 11, the boys are honored by the color guard. How do the Walkers respond and why?
7. In Garraty's mind, why are there probably pine trees planted on the median in Chapter 11?
8. What happens to Garraty's leg in Chapter 13?
9. In Chapter 15, who is the Vegas favorite? What are his odds and why does it look like Vegas may be right?
10. What upsets McVries about the boys in the leather jackets at the front?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
When it looks like Harkness is going to get his ticket, Garraty realizes logically that that will help him. What does he mean when he thinks, "But something went deeper, a truer, more frightening logic. Harkness was a part of the group that Garraty was a part of, a segment of his subclan."
Essay Topic 2
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 3
What would you have done if you were one of the Walkers? Would you still be walking to the end? What would your physical and emotional condition be?
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