The Waste Lands Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 141 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Waste Lands Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 141 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 does the man who visits Tick-Tock Man in Chapter 40 ask Tick-Tock Man to call him?

2. What do the people of River Crossing line up to do before Roland in Chapter 13?

3. What does Tick-Tock Man want the computers for, as he admits in Chapter 31?

4. What conclusion does Jake come to about Blaine during his dream in Chapter 16?

5. What does Roland mentally scream at Jake to do in Chapter 32?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do Roland, Jake, Susannah, and Eddie suddenly find the book Charlie and the Choo-Choo so sinister in Chapters 23-24?

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

3. What does Jake dream in chapter 16? What impression is he left with afterward?

4. What weakness does Jake discover in Gasher's personality in Chapter 25?

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

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

7. How does Roland get into the room to rescue Jake in Chapter 34?

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

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

10. What is significant about the drum beat that Roland and his ka-tet have been able to hear for days since beginning their approach to Lud? What becomes apparent about the purpose of this drum beat?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the Beams? How are they going to lead Roland and his friends to the Dark Tower? What is the Dark Tower? What will happen when Roland and his friends reach the Dark Tower? How is Jake following the Beams while still in his own world? Does he know he is following the Beams? How does Roland know about the Beams? Where did Roland learn much of what he knows about the Dark Tower? Why will Roland not share his past with his friends? Is Roland trying to hide something? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss one of the following in detail citing examples from the novel to support your conclusions:

1) Point of view

2) Structure of the novel

3) Language--mention the use of metaphor and simile, as well as specific language

4) Setting.

Essay Topic 3

Who are Si and Mercy? Where did they come from? How does Roland feel about them? What do Roland and his friends learn about the city of Lud from these people? How does this information help Roland and his friends? How does it confirm something they already knew? What does Charlie and the Choo-Choo have to do with the city and the story Roland and his friends learn about it? Is this foreshadowing? Explain.

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