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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. In Chapter 15, what Walker begins screaming repeatedly?

2. Where in Freeport is Garraty expecting to see Jan and his mother?

3. Who took the test on the spur of the moment because he had his Work Permit that allowed him into the gym?

4. Garraty remembers getting water cramps once after drinking a lot of ice-cold water. What activity had made him so thirsty?

5. What is the big highway?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 15, who is the Vegas favorite? What are his odds and why does it look like Vegas may be right?

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

4. What fear does Garraty begin obsessing over in Chapter 15, thanks to Stebbins, and why does it upset him so?

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

6. 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?

7. When it becomes inevitable that Scramm will die, what do the other Walkers decide to do?

8. How does Barkovitch die?

9. In Garraty's mind, why are there probably pine trees planted on the median in Chapter 11?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When it looks like Harkness is going to get his ticket, Garraty realizes logically that that will help him. What does he mean when he thinks, "But something went deeper, a truer, more frightening logic. Harkness was a part of the group that Garraty was a part of, a segment of his subclan."

Essay Topic 2

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 3

In Chapter 13, Garraty is seconds away from getting his ticket. His internal monologue is rambling, but he keeps mentioning "the phone" and the sounds thundering around him. Discuss what Garraty was going through in those last minutes and what led to his getting up to rejoin the walk just in time.

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