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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 building is Susannah reminded of in Chapter 21 as she follows Maud and Jeeves to the Cradle of Lud?

2. Who does Jake guess was Tick-Tock Man's grandfather in Chapter 28?

3. How much time is left when Susannah begins entering the combination to open Blaine gate in Chapter 3?

4. How many miles will Blaine go before he reaches the end of his track?

5. Who does Little Blaine say he is in Chapter 27?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapters 5-6, what happens to Blaine's cabin walls? For what reason?

2. How do Susannah and Eddie finally reach Blaine's cradle in Chapter 24?

3. What are the most striking differences between the city of Lud and the underground bunker?

4. What does Roland tell his friends about the ka-tet in Chapter 19? What does Eddie realize after he hears this information?

5. What does Jake believe Blaine, whom he has constantly seen as a danger, plans to do in Chapter 8?

6. What wakes Jake four days after he comes to Roland's world?

7. What surprising things does Roland learn about Oy in Chapter 29?

8. What do Eddie and Susannah learn about Blaine in Chapter 27?

9. What do Bill and Till tell Roland and his ka-tet about the large city of Lud?

10. How did Mercy lose her eyesight?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Who is Susannah? What caused her to need a wheelchair? Who is she married to? Why does Susannah have difficulty learning to fire a gun? What does Roland do to make her shoot the gun? Who is Odetta? How did Susannah come to share her mind with Odetta? What does Odetta do to help Susannah and the others? What does this say about Odetta's character? What does it say about Susannah that she allows Odetta to share her mind?

Essay Topic 3

Who is Tick-Tock Man? What does he want from Jake? Why does he have Gasher kidnap Jake? What does Tick-Tock want Jake to give him as a gift? Who is Tick-Tock's father? What does that make Tick-Tock? Is Tick-Tock human? Is Tick-Tock a robot? How does the reader know? What would happen to the city if Tick-Tock got what he wanted? Is this helpful or harmful to Roland and his friends? Who shoots Tick-Tock? For what reason? Who offers to help Tick-Tock get revenge on Roland and his friends? What does this suggest for Roland and his friends' future?

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