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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 is on the t-shirt of the boy in the crowd who points out Scramm?

2. What road do the Walkers take out of Augusta?

3. What does the soldier who gives Garraty his third warning look like?

4. Who keeps moving after being shot multiple times in Chapter 10?

5. What does Parker call the crowds in Augusta?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What upsets McVries about the boys in the leather jackets at the front?

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

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

6. What happens to Garraty's leg in Chapter 13?

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

8. How does Barkovitch die?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

As Garraty becomes more tired, he begins thinking of Jan more as "the best thing he had every known" and about their first real kiss. Discuss how memories and images of her keep him walking.

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 author provides hints about the prize throughout the book. Scramm tells Garraty that most of the boys didn't "get into this thinking of winning the Prize" and implies that this is why they won't win. Later, Pearson indicates the Prize is having his heart's desire, but right now he would rather have his life. Discuss the significance of the Prize in the motivation of the characters.

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