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Written under the name of Richard Bachman and first published in 1979, "The Long Walk" begins with a simple premise: In a dystopian United States of the near future, every year, one hundred teenage boys set out on a marathon walk to win the Prize. The rule is simple: Just keep walking, never go slower than four miles per hour, or you will be warned. Get a fourth warning and you're eliminated. And getting eliminated means death.
8 quizzes and 95 trivia questions.
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  Questions on The Long Walk   best quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
In this Richard Bachman novel, one hundred boys take a walk where only one will finish alive. Can you remember this novel written under Stephen King's alter-ego? Good luck!
Tough, 10 Qns, kyleisalive, Nov 08 20
Tough
kyleisalive editor
Nov 08 20
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  "The Long Walk" by Stephen King    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
"The Long Walk" is one of my top five favorite SK stories. I think its fascinating in so many ways and I love the characters in it. Here's 15 questions about it.
Average, 15 Qns, hungreee, Nov 08 20
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hungreee
Nov 08 20
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  Tickets, Please!    
Match Quiz
 15 Qns
The Deaths of "The Long Walk"
In "The Long Walk", getting eliminated - killed - was called "buying a ticket" by the Walkers. Here are 15 of the more memorable ways to go, but who went out of the Walk in which way? This is probably more for fans than a casual quiz, so beware!
Average, 15 Qns, WesleyCrusher, Dec 07 22
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WesleyCrusher editor
Dec 07 22
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  Stephen King's 'The Long Walk'    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz contains questions about 'The Long Walk' by Stephen King. It is a novella which was published as part of The Bachman Books when King was using the pen-name Richard Bachman.
Easier, 10 Qns, DillPickle, Nov 08 20
Easier
DillPickle
Nov 08 20
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  Warning! Warning 47!   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
This is a quiz on the Stephen King novella 'The Long Walk.' It was originally published under his pseudonym, Richard Bachman.
Tough, 15 Qns, scottm, Nov 08 20
Tough
scottm
Nov 08 20
620 plays
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  The Disturbing Journey of "The Long Walk"    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
"The Long Walk" by Stephen King is written under his pseudonym Richard Bachman. It is about a trek where the only way to stay alive is to keep walking. This quiz contains spoilers! Have fun!
Average, 10 Qns, AlienGoddess, Nov 08 20
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AlienGoddess
Nov 08 20
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  The Long Walk: A Bachman Book   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A quiz about the book, "The Long Walk," written by Stephen King writing as Richard Bachman.
Average, 10 Qns, darth_han, Nov 08 20
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darth_han
Nov 08 20
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  The Long Walk Quiz Challenge    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This story by Stephen King has haunted me in my mind ever since I first read it at age 13!
Average, 10 Qns, hlaura81, Nov 08 20
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hlaura81
Nov 08 20
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trivia question Quick Question
Who was the first Long Walker that Ray befriended?

From Quiz "The Long Walk: A Bachman Book"





The Long Walk Trivia Questions
1. Who is number 61?

From Quiz Warning! Warning 47!

Answer: McVries

Garraty is 47, Olson is 70, and Stebbins is 88. McVries and Garraty become good friends during the race and even save each other's lives at different points.

2. What was Ray Garraty's number?

From Quiz The Long Walk: A Bachman Book

Answer: 47

12 was Fenter, 7 was Curley, 94 was Wayne, and, of course, Ray was 47. The numbers were given in alphabetical order by last name. Other big numbers in the Walk were: Abraham - 2, Baker - 3, Barkovitch - 5, McVries - 61, and Olsen - 70.

3. Who is the first walker to get a warning?

From Quiz The Long Walk

Answer: Stebbins

In the beginning of the race, Ray Garraty and ninety-nine other teenage boys began their long walk. Starting at the Maine/Canada border, the boys began their long walk with no particular end. The walk would take them down the eastern coast, not stopping until only one boy remained. At 9:02am, two minutes after the race began, Stebbins had already gotten his first warning. This was done for him to determine the minimum speed at which he could travel without taking a penalty or a ticket.

4. What character is the main focus of the story?

From Quiz Stephen King's 'The Long Walk'

Answer: Ray Garraty

The story is told from the perspective of Ray Garraty.

5. Who is the first person to get a warning on the Long Walk?

From Quiz Warning! Warning 47!

Answer: Stebbins

Stebbins gets a warning at 9:02 AM on May 1, just two minutes into the Long Walk. Curley is the first to get a ticket, slightly after 11 AM. He develops a charley horse (muscle cramp) and simply can't loosen it up.

6. Who was the first Long Walker that Ray befriended?

From Quiz The Long Walk: A Bachman Book

Answer: McVries

Ray and Pete McVries introduced themselves to each other before the Walk began. Their friendship remained until The Long Walk ended.

7. What numbered walker was Ray Garraty?

From Quiz The Long Walk

Answer: 47

All of the boys in the race are handed their bib numbers prior to the beginning of the race, and with one hundred boys in the race, they often refer to each other by the numbers they were given. At the beginning of the walk, walkers are warned of the three warning rule. If a walker earns himself three warnings, he is at risk of getting his ticket, which results in his elimination. The first walker to get his ticket was Curley, who had a charley horse early in the walk.

8. What is the name of the main character in the story?

From Quiz The Long Walk

Answer: Raymond Davis Garraty

There is no way I could have endured the torture that he did! He had no doubt in his mind that he would win, even though he was terrified.

9. What is the Long Walk?

From Quiz Stephen King's 'The Long Walk'

Answer: Contest of endurance

The object was to walk until everyone else was dead. The winner was the one still walking.

10. Who is the first person Ray meets when he gets to the starting center?

From Quiz "The Long Walk" by Stephen King

Answer: Pete McVries

Ray meets Pete first and they become close friends over the course of the walk.

11. In which town does Garraty plan on seeing his mother and girlfriend?

From Quiz Warning! Warning 47!

Answer: Freeport

The other three towns are much earlier in the Long Walk. Freeport is the closest city to Ray Garraty's hometown of Pownal. Garraty's mother and Jan have passes that allow them to be in the front row. When Garraty sees them, he barely notices his mother and kisses Jan, for which he receives a warning.

12. How many Walkers and backups were chosen each year?

From Quiz The Long Walk: A Bachman Book

Answer: 100 walkers & 100 backups

Ray was a Prime Walker from the beginning. His name was drawn 73rd out of the drum on the TV special by the major. He refused to back out, even though everyone around him begged him to. McVries was not a Prime Walker and only found out that he had been made Prime four days before the Walk started. Twelve Prime Walkers backed out before the Walk began.

13. Which town on the walking route was forty miles into the walk?

From Quiz The Long Walk

Answer: Caribou

As the racers progressed, things got worse. The second walker to claim his ticket was a boy named Ewing, who had to cut his walk, and life, short due to blisters. Following the death of Ewing, the boys passed through the towns of Limestone, Caribou, and Jefferson on Route 1. In this race, the first walker to earn his ticket, Curley, only made it to the nine-mile mark. This is the furthest that all one hundred walkers have traveled without a ticket.

14. What odd food item did McVries have in his pack for the Long Walk?

From Quiz The Disturbing Journey of "The Long Walk"

Answer: Raw hamburger

McVries had brought along some raw hamburger for the Long Walk, claiming that it provided good energy. Everybody else thought it was rather disgusting, but Garraty wished he had brought some too.

15. What prize would the winner of the Long Walk receive?

From Quiz Stephen King's 'The Long Walk'

Answer: Everything he wants for the rest of his life

If you outlast all the other walkers, then you win everything you want for the rest of your life.

16. What number is Ray?

From Quiz "The Long Walk" by Stephen King

Answer: 47

Ray is 47, Stebbins is 88, Olson is 70, and Pete is 61.

17. How many people die during the first twenty four hours of the Long Walk?

From Quiz Warning! Warning 47!

Answer: 36

These include Zuck (excessive bleeding after he scraped his knee), Gribble (blue balls), and Larson (fatigue). A record 64 Walkers make it to the second day, breaking the previous record of 63.

18. Who was the first Walker to "buy his ticket?"

From Quiz The Long Walk: A Bachman Book

Answer: Curley

Curley went down due to a charley horse (painful cramp) in his leg, which at first seemed to loosen. However, several minutes later, a scream was heard. The cramp in Curley's leg had resurged painfully, earning him a ticket by four rifles.

19. What speed must a walker maintain throughout the walk?

From Quiz The Long Walk

Answer: 4 mph

If any walker passes under the four mile per hour mark at any point in the walk, he will be given a warning, and after three warnings, the walker will earn a ticket. The majority of walkers in the race were eliminated because of this rule. One such incident was the racer named Zuck, who tripped and fell early in the race. If a walker earns a warning, he can eliminate that warning if he does not pass under his minimum speed within an hour after it is given.

20. What unpleasant thing did Barkovitch say he was going to do to the rest of the Walkers when everything was over?

From Quiz The Disturbing Journey of "The Long Walk"

Answer: He would dance on their graves

Barkovitch first told a reporter that, "...he planned to dance on a lot of graves." It became a refrain for him whenever he got angry with someone. Barkovitch obviously was not popular with the rest of the Walkers, and no one liked him. He ended up tearing his own throat out.

21. Who took Garraty to the starting point?

From Quiz The Long Walk

Answer: mother

She was absolutely devastated that he had entered the competition because she knew the stakes. He felt horrible at how he was making her feel, but his mind was made up to do this.

22. What rate of speed did walkers have to maintain, in order to stay in the Walk?

From Quiz Stephen King's 'The Long Walk'

Answer: 4 mph

Walkers had to stay at 4 mph or above or they would receive their ticket (Get shot).

23. What state is Ray from?

From Quiz "The Long Walk" by Stephen King

Answer: Maine

Garraty is 'Maine's Own'...he's from Pownal Maine.

24. Who is the odds-on favorite to win at the start of the Long Walk?

From Quiz Warning! Warning 47!

Answer: Scramm

His odds to win are 9 to 1 according to Vegas odds makers. Scramm is also the only Walker who is married. Scramm develops pneumonia and sits down to wait for his ticket. Most of the other Walkers agree that the winner will take care of Scramm's wife.

25. Who were the "Three Musketeers?"

From Quiz The Long Walk: A Bachman Book

Answer: Ray, McVries, Baker

Raymond Garraty, Peter McVries, and Arthur Baker comprised the original group of friends that had several others join later. These three introduced themselves to each other before the Walk began and talked quite a bit over the course of the Walk, before two of them "bought a ticket" at the end of the Walk.

26. How many walkers are eliminated in the first twenty-four hours of the race?

From Quiz The Long Walk

Answer: Twenty-six

On the first night of the walk, the boys encountered their first rainstorm, and though many found it to be relieving, it had some negative effects on boys later in the walk. During the night, the boys also encountered their first large hill, and many could not stay over their 4 mph minimum speed. Because of this, less than three quarters of the walkers remained by sunrise on the second day.

27. Who was the first person Garraty met before the walk started?

From Quiz The Long Walk

Answer: Peter McVries

He bonded with him, and they became very close friends until almost the end of the walk...!

28. What happened to Walkers who fell below the designated speed?

From Quiz Stephen King's 'The Long Walk'

Answer: They got a warning

Walkers were allowed 3 warnings then they were out.

29. What is the name of Ray's girlfriend who he hopes to see along the way?

From Quiz "The Long Walk" by Stephen King

Answer: Jan

Jan is his girlfriend and he loves her...he thinks about her while he's walking and hopes he gets to see her again.

30. What is McVries' ex-girlfriend's name?

From Quiz Warning! Warning 47!

Answer: Priscilla

Jan is Garraty's girlfriend. Cathy is Scramm's wife. There is nobody in the story named Meredith. McVries and Priscilla both worked at the Plymouth Sleepware factory. They get into a fight over money, Priscilla leaves him, and McVries becomes depressed. This was a major factor in his joining the Long Walk, since he sees the Walk as a way of committing suicide.

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