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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 are Abraham and Baker doing when Chapter 13 begins?
2. Why was one of the women in the crowd a standout in Chapter 11?
3. What is the big highway?
4. During Chapter 15, who begins to remember all the first nice things that have happened to him in his life?
5. What state is Scramm from?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Barkovitch respond to Garraty's proposal in Chapter 12?
2. What does Stebbins mean when he says to Garraty, "Maybe it's your edge"?
3. When it becomes inevitable that Scramm will die, what do the other Walkers decide to do?
4. In Garraty's mind, why are there probably pine trees planted on the median in Chapter 11?
5. Why does Garraty want to see Barkovitch in Chapter 14?
6. What upsets McVries about the boys in the leather jackets at the front?
7. What does Garraty reveal about Jimmy Owens in Chapter 11?
8. Why does McVries pull Garraty away from his girlfriend?
9. In Chapter 11, the boys are honored by the color guard. How do the Walkers respond and why?
10. What would Garraty like to be doing on an 80-degree day if he weren't on the walk?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the dark figure beckoning to Garraty at the end of the book. What/who do you think it is?
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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