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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Alice's opinion of the gunslinger?
(a) He will soon be dead.
(b) He is stubborn.
(c) He is the last of his breed.
(d) He is a coward.

3. What is the only thing in the desert to burn for a campfire?
(a) Snake skins
(b) Dried cactus
(c) Tumbleweed
(d) Devil grass

4. How does the man address the gunslinger after touching his shoulder?
(a) He chants at him.
(b) He uses sign language.
(c) He uses High Speech.
(d) He mumbles incoherently.

5. What is the age of the old man that the fugitive cures?
(a) 85
(b) 62
(c) 35
(d) 91

6. What does Nort chew on instead of eating?
(a) Devil grass
(b) A cow hoof
(c) A piece of straw
(d) Old leather

7. What does Brown use for a dinner table?
(a) A flat rock
(b) A blanket spread on the floor
(c) An old water bucket
(d) A wagon wheel

8. What is Alice's reaction to the man in black's actions?
(a) She panics and locks herself in an upstairs room.
(b) She laughs and joins him.
(c) She runs out the door and down the street.
(d) She cries, collapsing on the floor.

9. What type of surface does the desert have?
(a) Hardpan
(b) Sandy
(c) Large stones
(d) Pebbles

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

11. Why was the bar closed on the night after the piano player attacked the gunslinger?
(a) There was no piano player.
(b) It was the Sabbath.
(c) There was a riot in the street.
(d) No one in town would come to the bar.

12. 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 he could hear it growing.
(d) He says that it doesn't grow anymore.

13. How does Brown prepare the meal?
(a) He serves it rare and cold.
(b) He broils it over a fire
(c) He roasts and boils the food.
(d) He grinds it up into a patty.

14. What is Alice's response when the gunslinger asks her about the man in black?
(a) She says, "He told me not to tell."
(b) She says, "You have to have it..."
(c) She says, "I don't know much."
(d) She says, "Pay me for it."

15. What does the gunslinger lead out of the foothills?
(a) His mule
(b) His horse
(c) An injured coyote
(d) A wild dog

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the gunslinger offer to pay Brown for?

2. Why does Brown apologize to the gunslinger?

3. What is Alice's response when the gunslinger asks her what is south of the desert?

4. Why is Brown's hut door below ground level?

5. How have the gunslinger and Alice been spending the four days he has been in town?

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