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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the man who is holding up a sign about the Panama Canal wearing?
(a) A suit.
(b) An Uncle Sam suit.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A bird outfit.

2. During Chapter 15, who begins to remember all the first nice things that have happened to him in his life?
(a) Parker.
(b) McVries.
(c) Baker.
(d) Garraty.

3. What does the soldier who gives Garraty his third warning look like?
(a) Young and blond.
(b) Middle-age and graying.
(c) Young and dark.
(d) Older with white blond hair.

4. What causes Garraty to receive his second warning in Chapter 11?
(a) Helping Scramm.
(b) Tripping and trying to get back up.
(c) Falling asleep.
(d) Stopping for a bowel movement.

5. Whom does Garraty first ask about helping Scramm's wife?
(a) Pearson.
(b) Stebbins.
(c) Barkovitch.
(d) Abraham.

6. How much time did McVries have from the time he was notified until the walk would start?
(a) One hour.
(b) One week.
(c) Three days.
(d) Ten hours.

7. What is waiting for the Walkers on the entrance ramp of the turnpike in Chapter 11?
(a) Television news crew.
(b) Four-hundred-gun-salute.
(c) The Major.
(d) A marching band.

8. Who are the guys in the leather jackets at the front of the walk?
(a) Noah and Jerry.
(b) Lee and Tom.
(c) Joe and Mike.
(d) Josh and Alan.

9. What road do the Walkers take out of Augusta?
(a) Highway 3.
(b) County Road 112.
(c) Interstate 10.
(d) U.S. 202.

10. What approximate time did the Walkers reach Oldtown?
(a) 6 p.m.
(b) Noon.
(c) Midnight.
(d) 6 a.m.

11. Who is the Walker who hasn't talked to anyone in two hours nor touched his canteen in Chapter 9?
(a) McVries.
(b) Olson.
(c) Pearson.
(d) Scramm.

12. What is the big highway?
(a) Interstate 10.
(b) U.S. 1.
(c) U.S. 110.
(d) Interstate 5.

13. What did Barkovitch used to carry around at high school for protection?
(a) Switchblade.
(b) Pepper spray.
(c) Pocketknife.
(d) Gun.

14. In Chapter 11, Garraty dozes and hears "Are you experienced?" repeated over and over. Garraty thinks the voice is either Stebbins or who?
(a) The Major.
(b) Jimi Hendrix.
(c) Olson.
(d) His father.

15. What does Garraty tell McVries about Barkovitch winning in Chapter 9?
(a) "Barkovitch is cracking."
(b) "Maybe it takes a bastard to win."
(c) "He's going to win."
(d) "I think he's got a pulled muscle."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Parker call the crowds in Augusta?

2. What tribe are the two brothers members of?

3. According to Stebbins, the average housewife walks how many miles a day without realizing it?

4. What are Veazie and Winterport, mentioned in Chapter 12?

5. Whom does the woman scream for at the end of Chapter 10?

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