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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. During his time with the people of the village, what does Roland NOT do?
(a) Remember his own childhood.
(b) Dance.
(c) Sing.
(d) Ask the people the most important question, the one that will bind him and his ka-tet to helping the village of Calla Bryn Sturgis.

2. When the ka-tet travel back with the group from the Calla to their camp for lunch, who is cooking the meal?
(a) Mia.
(b) Oy.
(c) Tia.
(d) Andy.

3. Which member of the ka-tet believes that the people following the group WILL NOT cause problems?
(a) Eddie.
(b) Nort.
(c) Jake.
(d) Roland.

4. At the party in Part 2,. Chapter 1, after the introductions and dinner and after the members of the ka-tet have had a chance to talk with the people, what does Roland do?
(a) He sings his favorite Frank Sinatra song.
(b) He gets on the stage and asks the crowd two questions.
(c) He tells a series of knock-knock jokes to the crowd.
(d) He gives square dancing calls to the crowd while the band plays.

5. What does Mia do in the night?
(a) Snores so loud the others cannot sleep.
(b) Kills animals to feed her baby.
(c) Sleepwalks.
(d) Talks in her sleep.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells the community that there is a gunslinger coming that will help them fight the Wolves?

2. What is the name of the community that the Wolves come to each generation?

3. What does the contract say that the mobsters and the second-hand bookstore owner were reading ?

4. What are Roland and his ka-tet on a quest to find?

5. Who calls a meeting of the men in the community to suggest that the people of the community stand up and fight against the wolves the next time they come?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Eddie hesitant to get involved with the people from Calla Bryn Sturgis and their troubles with the Wolves?

2. Why are the Wolves stealing Calla Bryn Sturgis' children?

3. In Part 2, Chapter 2, "Dry Twist," what affliction does Roland reveal to readers and why is it a cause for concern?

4. How does Jake react to the newcomers?

5. What is Tian's motivation for bringing the community together and suggesting that the entire village stand up and fight against the Wolves?

6. Who is Mia, and why is she important to the story thus far?

7. At the beginning of Part 1, Chapter 6, what does the group from the Calla explain to Roland and his ka-tet about the Wolves?

8. Roland and his ka-tet meet Father Callahan and the rest of his group from Calla Bryn Sturgis. Why does this group approach the gunslinger and his ka-tet?

9. Why is the vacant lot so important?

10. In Part 2, Chapter 3, how does Father Callahan come to recognize a certain type of fictional creature?

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