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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What harm does Soobie's weapon have on the gunslinger?
(a) It grazes his thigh.
(b) It misses him completely.
(c) It grazes the side of his head.
(d) It grazes his elbow only.

2. What does the gunslinger realize about Jake?
(a) He is a sacrifice.
(b) Jake is a demon.
(c) Jake is destined to be a priest.
(d) The gunslinger loves the boy.

3. What is the gunslinger's reaction when men, women, and children come after him with clubs and knives?
(a) He opens fire.
(b) He tries to talk sense into them.
(c) He takes shelter in the barn.
(d) He gives them a warning.

4. Who taught the gunslinger how to shoot?
(a) His father
(b) An outlaw
(c) Cort
(d) His brother

5. What choice does the gunslinger have to make when he and Jake finally confront the man in black?
(a) He has to decide whether to surrender to the man in black or fight him to the death.
(b) He has to decide whether to leave Jake hanging from a pit or go after the man in black.
(c) He has to decide whether to kill the man in black or bring him to the Tower.
(d) He has to decide whether to ask Jake to help him or not.

6. What does the man in black do with the tarot cards?
(a) Tells the gunslinger's future
(b) Tosses them into the fire
(c) Lays them out in front of the gunslinger
(d) Throws them into the air

7. How much time passes in one night as the gunslinger and the man in black talk?
(a) One month
(b) Ten days
(c) Two days
(d) Ten years

8. Where does Brown think the man in black is?
(a) Very close
(b) In the mountains
(c) Past the desert
(d) In the desert

9. What means of transportation are Jake and the gunslinger using to follow the man in black?
(a) On foot
(b) An old mule
(c) A horse
(d) An underground railcar

10. What are Soobie and Kennerly doing as the gunslinger rides away?
(a) Helping each other into the house
(b) Screaming obscenities after him
(c) Staring at each other
(d) Arguing with each other

11. What question does the gunslinger ask Brown?
(a) He asks Brown if he is a spirit.
(b) He asks Brown if he wants to kill him.
(c) He asks Brown if he can stay awhile.
(d) He asks Brown who he really is.

12. How long have Jake and the gunslinger been in the foothills?
(a) Two days
(b) Three days
(c) Two weeks
(d) One week

13. Why does Sylvia say that making love to her will be the death of the gunslinger?
(a) She will cast a death spell on him.
(b) She is carrying the man in black's child.
(c) She is a creature of the night.
(d) She is poisoned.

14. What does Sylvia accuse the gunslinger of doing to her?
(a) Killing her baby
(b) Raping her
(c) Torturing her
(d) Killing her faith

15. What has been on the gunslinger's mind all day as he trudges through the desert?
(a) A nursery rhyme his mother used to sing to him
(b) The people he killed in Tull
(c) The way Allie died
(d) The man in black

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is held hostage by Sheb as the gunslinger fires his guns?

2. What does the gunslinger give to Jake for protection?

3. What is involved in passing the gunslinger test?

4. What is the weather like as the gunslinger rides out of town?

5. What is the consequence for not passing the gunslinger test?

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