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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Drawers according to Roland?

2. How much older than he is Eddie's brother?

3. Why is Jake reluctant to leave the rose in Chapter 18?

4. What does Eddie believe the Twelve Portals are?

5. Why does Roland call Susannah Odetta in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Jake meet in Chapter 20? To where does Jake follow this character?

2. What does Roland believe the bear's purpose was?

3. What do Roland, Susannah, and Eddie find as they trace the path of the bear?

4. Why did Eddie once stop carving objects out of wood?

5. Where does Roland tell Susannah to shoot the bear?

6. Why does Jake believe he might be going insane?

7. What causes Jake to become obsessed with doors?

8. Who does Jake meet in his dreams in Chapter 3?

9. Why does Jake leave his family's home? What of his father's does he take?

10. What road do Roland, Susannah, and Eddie find in Chapter 7? Where do they believe it will lead them?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is Eddie? Why has Eddie not carved in wood for many years? What made him stop? What made him start again? Why is Eddie ashamed of his talents? What important item does Eddie carve upon Jake's arrival in Roland's world? Does this item work? What does this say about Eddie's talents? Does Eddie miss his hometown? For what reason? What is Eddie's relationship with his brother like? How has impacted his life?

Essay Topic 2

Why does Roland suffer from dual memories? What does this mean? What is the difference between Roland's two sets of memory? Who else suffers from dual memories? What does this say about this character's relationship with Roland? Which reality is true? Why are there more than one reality? Does the author ever fully explain these dual memories? What effect do these memories on the two characters who experience them? How do they learn to cope?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the use of one of the following style tools in the novel in detail, using examples from the novel to support your conclusions:

1) Metaphor

2) Simile

3) Symbolism

4) Lesson.

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