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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was everyone disappointed with Caribou in Chapter 4?
(a) Because it was just like Limestone.
(b) Because there were no crowds.
(c) Because it was raining.
(d) Because no one was shot.

2. Which number is the first to receive a ticket?
(a) Sixteen.
(b) Sixty-two.
(c) Seven.
(d) Ninety-nine.

3. What does Rank do to Barkovitch that is forbidden by the rules?
(a) Takes a swing at Barkovitch.
(b) Gives Barkovitch a drink.
(c) Helps Barkovitch walk.
(d) Knocks Barkovitch down.

4. What is the date when Chapter 5 begins?
(a) March 15.
(b) May 1.
(c) April 22.
(d) April 10.

5. How old is Stebbins?
(a) 18.
(b) 15.
(c) 17.
(d) 16.

6. Whose quote begins Chapter 1?
(a) Abraham Lincoln.
(b) John F. Kennedy.
(c) Bob Dylan.
(d) Groucho Marx.

7. Who says, "We want to die, that's why we're doing it"?
(a) Parker.
(b) McVries.
(c) Stebbins.
(d) Harkness.

8. When was Garraty's first real kiss and with whom?
(a) After the race started, with the girl on the roadside.
(b) Before he left for the walk; with Jan.
(c) A girl he knew in sixth grade.
(d) Christmas almost half a year ago with Jan.

9. How many boys die during Part I of "The Long Walk"?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Eight.
(d) Five.

10. Olson says they've got infrared sweep-scopes in addition to how many kinds of monitoring gear?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Forty.
(c) Fifty.
(d) Dozen.

11. Who says, "You get paid to shoot me, not to look at me"?
(a) Garraty.
(b) Olson.
(c) Barkovitch.
(d) McVries.

12. Who is writing down everyone's name and number at the beginning and for what purpose?
(a) Barkovitch in order to tell them all that he will dance on their graves.
(b) Harkness wants to write a book.
(c) Curley is keeping a record of everyone.
(d) Baker wants to meet all the Walkers.

13. Garraty recalls reading a story in eighth grade about the crowds that gather at fatal accidents. Who wrote the story?
(a) Stephen King.
(b) Ernest Hemingway.
(c) Ray Bradbury.
(d) Isaac Asimov.

14. What was the profession of Baker's uncle?
(a) Unemployed.
(b) Undertaker.
(c) Baker.
(d) Soldier.

15. How much is bet on the Long Walk each year?
(a) Five million.
(b) None; betting's not allowed.
(c) 50 million.
(d) Two billion.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 7, what game are Baker and Abraham playing?

2. Who says or thinks, "I could just die laughing, wouldn't that be a scream"?

3. What does Garraty call the twelve miles of zigzag roads in Chapter 7?

4. Who gets his ticket after stopping with the girls by the MG?

5. Who says that if he had a dollar that he would put it on Garraty to win?

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