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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the thick crust of alkali in the desert at one time?
(a) A highway
(b) A gold mine
(c) An underground stream
(d) A river

2. What is the ultimatum Allie makes to the gunslinger for revealing the location of Pittston's home?
(a) He must make love to her.
(b) He must never leave her.
(c) He must never speak of Sylvia again.
(d) He must leave town immediately.

3. What does the gunslinger ask Alice for?
(a) A map of the south
(b) An extra blanket
(c) Food to take with him
(d) Extra water

4. What does the gunslinger think the burned out campfires he finds could be?
(a) Devil spoor
(b) Relics of the past
(c) A message
(d) The trail of ghosts

5. What does Kennerly tell Soobie to do when the gunslinger arrives?
(a) Get the mule.
(b) Get the gunslinger a drink.
(c) Make some food.
(d) Get inside.

6. What possibility can't the gunslinger bear to think about?
(a) His death
(b) Starving to death
(c) The loss of his son
(d) His own madness

7. What does Alice think about the gunslinger when he makes no comment when she is finished talking?
(a) She thinks he is too scared to speak.
(b) She thinks he is crazed.
(c) She thinks he died.
(d) She thinks he fell asleep.

8. Why does Sheb attack the gunslinger?
(a) He attacks because Nort told him to.
(b) He attacks because a demon possesses him.
(c) He attacks because the man in black told him to.
(d) He attacks out of jealousy because Alice was his once.

9. What question does the gunslinger ask Brown while they are eating?
(a) He asks Brown if he is sick.
(b) He asks Brown if he has any children.
(c) He asks Brown if he was married.
(d) He asks if Brown believes in the afterlife.

10. What pleases the gunslinger about the fugitive he is following?
(a) The fugitive is bleeding.
(b) The fugitive's essential humanity
(c) The fugitive is leaving more clues.
(d) The fugitive is slowing down.

11. What does the gunslinger believe the man in black left for him in Tull?
(a) A gun
(b) A note
(c) A trap
(d) Saddlebags

12. What does the gunslinger see in the eyes of the man who touches his shoulder?
(a) Pain
(b) The eyes of the damned
(c) Empty eyes
(d) Fire

13. What does Zoltan say as he sits in the corner?
(a) Fear what you don't see
(b) Watch your back
(c) Lead us not into temptation
(d) Beware

14. What does the gunslinger believe the man in black did to Sylvia Pittston?
(a) Cast a spell on her
(b) Turned her into one of his followers
(c) Left a demon in her
(d) Hypnotized her

15. What does Sheb have in his hand when he breaks into Alice's bedroom?
(a) A sickle
(b) A pistol
(c) A rifle
(d) A knife

Short Answer Questions

1. How many daughters does Kennerly have?

2. Who inhabits the sod dwellings that the gunslinger passes?

3. Where does the light come from in Brown's hut?

4. Who raps on the door halfway through the meal?

5. What is unusual about Brown's description of growing corn?

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