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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Sylvia come from when she arrived in town?
(a) She came from the forest.
(b) She came from the desert.
(c) She came from the mountains.
(d) She came from the crazies.

2. How long has it been since the gunslinger passed a town?
(a) Three weeks
(b) Three days
(c) Six months
(d) Two days

3. What possibility can't the gunslinger bear to think about?
(a) His own madness
(b) The loss of his son
(c) His death
(d) Starving to death

4. What does Sheb have in his hand when he breaks into Alice's bedroom?
(a) A rifle
(b) A pistol
(c) A sickle
(d) A knife

5. What does the gunslinger offer to pay Brown for?
(a) A sack of coffee
(b) Water
(c) A new water pouch
(d) A horse

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the gunslinger refuse to do after the attack by Sheb?

2. What pleases the gunslinger about the fugitive he is following?

3. What does Zoltan say as he sits in the corner?

4. Why is Brown's hut door below ground level?

5. How does the gunslinger eat his meal?

Short Essay Questions

1. Summarize the night sky as the gunslinger camps for the night.

2. Describe what the gunslinger passes in the desert after he leaves the town three weeks before.

3. Summarize the preacher's comments about the Interloper.

4. Describe the landscape as the gunslinger arrives in Tull.

5. Summarize the way Allie and the gunslinger spend their time for the four days they spend in Allie's room.

6. Describe Allie's room where she and the gunslinger make love.

7. Describe the gunslinger's guns.

8. Summarize the scene in the bar when Nort puts a hand on the gunslinger's shoulder.

9. Describe the explanation Brown gives about his planted corn the last time it rained.

10. Describe the man in black's arrival in the town of Tull.

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