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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 says, "he died like a bug under a microscope"?

3. Who knows no fatigue in Chapter 11?

4. Who took the test on the spur of the moment because he had his Work Permit that allowed him into the gym?

5. Where in Freeport is Garraty expecting to see Jan and his mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does McVries pull Garraty away from his girlfriend?

2. Explain Parker's analogy about crackers and how they compare to the Walkers.

3. Why does Garraty want to see Barkovitch in Chapter 14?

4. In Chapter 15, who is the Vegas favorite? What are his odds and why does it look like Vegas may be right?

5. What upsets McVries about the boys in the leather jackets at the front?

6. Garraty was once frightened by a movie starting Robert Mitchum. What was the movie about and why is Garraty thinking about it?

7. In Garraty's mind, why are there probably pine trees planted on the median in Chapter 11?

8. What does McVries do to try to keep Garraty from obsessing over the time?

9. What had Garraty's girlfriend said about his going on the Long Walk?

10. What does McVries compare the walk to in Chapter 14?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 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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