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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Allie do on the morning after telling the gunslinger about Sylvia?
(a) She runs out into the street.
(b) She goes to the bar.
(c) She lights the lamps and cooks corn fritters for the gunslinger.
(d) She leaves the gunslinger alone.

2. What is the angry mob screaming at the gunslinger?
(a) They scream, "Get out of our town."
(b) They scream, "The accursed! Bring him down!"
(c) They scream, "Don't ever come back."
(d) They scream, "You'll never catch him."

3. What does the gunslinger ask the oracle as he lays on the stone altar?
(a) He asks for a prophecy.
(b) He asks for courage.
(c) He asks for strength.
(d) He asks for help.

4. Where does the gunslinger find Jake after waking from his dream?
(a) Unconscious in the grass
(b) Sleeping beside him
(c) Laying across a stone altar
(d) Swaying in front of a stone altar

5. What is Brown planning to do with the gunslinger's mule?
(a) Eat it
(b) Bury it
(c) Burn it
(d) Use it to carry his supplies

6. What does Sylvia say is beyond the desert when the gunslinger grabs her?
(a) A forest
(b) Ancient ruins
(c) Mountains
(d) A city

7. What surprises the gunslinger about the man in black?
(a) How young he is
(b) How small he is
(c) How tall he is
(d) How old he is

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

9. What does the gunslinger guard about his character?
(a) He sees the hand of God.
(b) He sees evil visions.
(c) He is a prophet.
(d) He is a romantic.

10. How does Cuthbert feel about Cort?
(a) He loves Cort like a father.
(b) He hates Cort.
(c) He is enthralled with Cort.
(d) He is intimidated by Cort.

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

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

13. What warning does Kennerly give to the gunslinger?
(a) Sylvia is planning to kill him.
(b) The wind from the storm can kill him.
(c) There is a trap set for him.
(d) Alice is planning to kill him.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the gunslinger see the man in black?

2. What is the last thing Allie asks the gunslinger?

3. Where is the man who taught the gunslinger how to shoot?

4. As the gunslinger thinks about the past, what are Roland and Cuthbert learning to do?

5. How does the gunslinger eat his breakfast?

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