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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 are the guys in the leather jackets at the front of the walk?

2. What causes Garraty to receive his second warning in Chapter 11?

3. In Chapter 15, what Walker begins screaming repeatedly?

4. What is Jan waving when Garraty first sees her?

5. What are Abraham and Baker doing when Chapter 13 begins?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Barkovitch die?

2. What does Stebbins mean when he says to Garraty, "Maybe it's your edge"?

3. When Garraty resumes walking in Chapter 13, why does he feel resentful?

4. What is more gruesome about Olson's murder than most of the previous ones? What reactions are there?

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

6. How does Barkovitch respond to Garraty's proposal in Chapter 12?

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

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

9. In Chapter 11, the boys are honored by the color guard. How do the Walkers respond and why?

10. Why does Garraty feel a twinge of excitement when he sees a turnpike sign saying that Oldtown is sixteen miles away?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 3, McVries notes the passing of their first cemetery, "our first boneyard." At this point, death is not something the boys can ignore anymore. Many realize that they will most likely die before this is all over because their can only be one winner. Explain how attitudes and expectations about death change during "The Long Walk".

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter 12, the reader finds out more about the reality that "The Long Walk" takes place when Stebbins says that the urge to do good is "when the old realities and moralities are starting to sink in. In the old days, before the Change and the Squads,...they used to set up foundations and build libraries..." Discuss what you believe led to the Change and the Squads and how life changed for people.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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