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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2 Section 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Brown think will strangle everything eventually?
(a) The desert
(b) Disease
(c) Madness
(d) The evil spirits

2. Where does Sylvia Pittston live?
(a) She lives in a shack behind the church.
(b) She lives in a cave outside of town.
(c) She lives in the hills.
(d) She lives in the basement of the bar.

3. What is the gunslinger's dream?
(a) A thirsty dream
(b) A frightening dream
(c) An eerie dream
(d) An arid dream

4. What does Sylvia wave in each hand as she runs toward the gunslinger screaming?
(a) She waves a snake in each hand.
(b) She waves dead rats in each hand.
(c) She waves a kitchen knife in each hand.
(d) She holds a wooden cross in each hand.

5. How does Kennerly describe Soobie to the gunslinger?
(a) She is dimwitted.
(b) She is too smart for her own good.
(c) She has a devil inside her and she is wild.
(d) She is the prettiest girl in these parts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What strange thought crosses the gunslinger's mind about Brown?

2. What type of surface does the desert have?

3. Who taught the gunslinger how to shoot?

4. What does the gunslinger decide to do with his mule?

5. How does the gunslinger react to Brown's reason for giving an apology?

(see the answer key)

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