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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As the gunslinger thinks about the past, what are Roland and Cuthbert learning to do?
(a) How to ride bareback
(b) Reload quickly
(c) Train Cort's hawk, David
(d) Shoot

2. What is the gunslinger dreaming about when he is startled from his sleep?
(a) He dreams about finding Jake.
(b) He dreams about Susan being burned alive.
(c) He dreams about Cort teaching him to shoot.
(d) He dreams about Cuthbert's death.

3. What is Brown planning to do with the gunslinger's mule?
(a) Eat it
(b) Use it to carry his supplies
(c) Bury it
(d) Burn it

4. What surprises the gunslinger about the man in black?
(a) How old he is
(b) How young he is
(c) How small he is
(d) How tall he is

5. What is the consequence for not passing the gunslinger test?
(a) Repeating all the lessons
(b) Finding a lowly profession
(c) Becoming a servant to other gunslingers
(d) Banishment forever

6. What does the gunslinger guard about his character?
(a) He sees the hand of God.
(b) He sees evil visions.
(c) He is a prophet.
(d) He is a romantic.

7. How does Allie make love to the gunslinger on the night she tells him about Sylvia?
(a) Hatefully
(b) Tenderly
(c) Violently
(d) Desperately

8. How long have Jake and the gunslinger been in the foothills?
(a) Two days
(b) Three days
(c) Two weeks
(d) One week

9. What is the crow compared to as it sits on the low roof?
(a) A demon
(b) The embodiment of sin
(c) A gargoyle
(d) An evil spirit

10. What warning does Kennerly give to the gunslinger?
(a) Sylvia is planning to kill him.
(b) There is a trap set for him.
(c) The wind from the storm can kill him.
(d) Alice is planning to kill him.

11. What does the gunslinger give to Jake for protection?
(a) A slingshot
(b) A knife
(c) One of his guns
(d) A jawbone

12. What is involved in passing the gunslinger test?
(a) Roland must take a stick away from Cort.
(b) Roland must shoot five targets accurately.
(c) Roland must shoot and reload in ten seconds.
(d) Roland must shoot while riding a horse.

13. What becomes of the gunslinger after he passes out in the sand?
(a) Jake kicks him in the stomach and takes his guns.
(b) Jake throws him into a newly dug grave.
(c) Jake lays him in a hay bed and cools his face with water.
(d) Jake sits beside him, not knowing what to do.

14. How much time passes in one night as the gunslinger and the man in black talk?
(a) Ten days
(b) Ten years
(c) Two days
(d) One month

15. What does Sylvia say to the gunslinger when he comes into her home?
(a) She tells him that he walks an evil way.
(b) She asks him to save the town.
(c) She thanks him for coming.
(d) She tells him that she's been expecting him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the gunslinger realize about Jake?

2. Who is held hostage by Sheb as the gunslinger fires his guns?

3. Where does Brown think the man in black is?

4. What do Roland and Cuthbert do after they hear the secret conversation?

5. What is the gunslinger able to do in spite of being stabbed several times?

(see the answer keys)

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