View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1 Section 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the only feature that can be seen in the desert?
(a) A meteor crater
(b) A dried up water hole
(c) The haze of the mountains
(d) A dried river bed

2. What does the man in black do to Nort who lies across the tables?
(a) He spits in his face.
(b) He pours whiskey in his face.
(c) He lunges across Nort's body, howling.
(d) He stuffs devil grass in his mouth.

3. What is unusual about Brown's description of growing corn?
(a) He says that it rots on the vine.
(b) He says that it takes twelve months to grow.
(c) He says that it doesn't grow anymore.
(d) He says that he could hear it growing.

4. How long has the gunslinger been following the fugitive?
(a) Six months
(b) One year
(c) Two months
(d) A week

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the gunslinger see in the eyes of the man who touches his shoulder?

2. What does Brown think will strangle everything eventually?

3. How long has it been since the gunslinger passed a town?

4. What question does the gunslinger ask Brown while they are eating?

5. What does Alice think about the gunslinger when he makes no comment when she is finished talking?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 283 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample