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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 causes Garraty to receive his second warning in Chapter 11?
2. In Chapter 15, what Walker begins screaming repeatedly?
3. Where in Freeport is Garraty expecting to see Jan and his mother?
4. What does the soldier who gives Garraty his third warning look like?
5. What is Scramm most likely ill with?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Garraty's mind, why are there probably pine trees planted on the median in Chapter 11?
2. What is more gruesome about Olson's murder than most of the previous ones? What reactions are there?
3. Explain Parker's analogy about crackers and how they compare to the Walkers.
4. 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?
5. How does Barkovitch respond to Garraty's proposal in Chapter 12?
6. Garraty was once frightened by a movie starting Robert Mitchum. What was the movie about and why is Garraty thinking about it?
7. What is Pearson's plan for when he feels like he can't go on and why won't it work, according to Garraty?
8. When it becomes inevitable that Scramm will die, what do the other Walkers decide to do?
9. What does Garraty reveal about Jimmy Owens in Chapter 11?
10. In Chapter 11, the boys are honored by the color guard. How do the Walkers respond and why?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Garraty is drawn to Stebbins, whom he believes is a "Buddha" with the answers. In Chapter 10, Stebbins tells Garraty to talk to Olson. Garraty asks Stebbins, "Is it a very important lesson, would you say?" Garraty then goes to Olson to learn the secret. Discuss what lessons and secrets that Garraty hopes to learn and how this scene foreshadows Olson's death.
Essay Topic 2
In Chapter 14, Garraty antagonizes Barkovitch, but in the next chapter, Stebbins does the same to him. Why does Garraty do it? Stebbins? Is it for the same or different reasons? Is it a conscious decision that either makes?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the dark figure beckoning to Garraty at the end of the book. What/who do you think it is?
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