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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. Baker talks about which of his aunts with the others?
2. In Chapter 15, Garraty realizes he must go on for what reason?
3. What state is Scramm from?
4. Garraty remembers getting water cramps once after drinking a lot of ice-cold water. What activity had made him so thirsty?
5. Where do the brothers come from?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Garraty's mind, why are there probably pine trees planted on the median in Chapter 11?
2. Garraty was once frightened by a movie starting Robert Mitchum. What was the movie about and why is Garraty thinking about it?
3. What does McVries do to try to keep Garraty from obsessing over the time?
4. Explain Parker's analogy about crackers and how they compare to the Walkers.
5. Why does Garraty feel a twinge of excitement when he sees a turnpike sign saying that Oldtown is sixteen miles away?
6. What does Garraty reveal about Jimmy Owens in Chapter 11?
7. How does Barkovitch die?
8. When Garraty resumes walking in Chapter 13, why does he feel resentful?
9. When it becomes inevitable that Scramm will die, what do the other Walkers decide to do?
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
In Chapter 16, Abraham extracts a promise from Garraty that there's "no help for anybody. Do it on your own or don't do it." Why do the boys make this promise at this time? What does "root hog or die" refer to?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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