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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the gunslinger tell Brown about his way of life?
(a) He says that he does what he has to do.
(b) He says that he has no choice in what he does.
(c) He says that he enjoys killing.
(d) He admits that he is evil sometimes.

3. What means of transportation are Jake and the gunslinger using to follow the man in black?
(a) An old mule
(b) On foot
(c) An underground railcar
(d) A horse

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

5. What conversation do Roland and Cuthbert overhear as they are eating dessert?
(a) They hear Hax and a guard plan to free a prisoner from the castle.
(b) They hear Cort plan to kill the people of Farson.
(c) They hear Hax and a guard plan to kill the people of Farson.
(d) They hear Cort and Hax plan to kill the people of Farson.

6. What does Sylvia say is beyond the desert when the gunslinger grabs her?
(a) Mountains
(b) A forest
(c) Ancient ruins
(d) A city

7. What question does the gunslinger ask the man in black?
(a) He asks who the man in black's master is.
(b) He asks how he can be as powerful as the man in black.
(c) He asks how he can reach the next level.
(d) He asks how long he has been a minion of the Tower.

8. What prediction does Allie make about the weather?
(a) It looks like rain.
(b) It is going to be cold.
(c) It is going to be inhumanly hot.
(d) It is going to dust up.

9. What does Brown do as soon as the gunslinger leaves?
(a) He gets water from the well.
(b) He roots his cornbed.
(c) He goes into his house.
(d) He says a prayer.

10. What does Brown ask the gunslinger when he is done telling his story about Tull?
(a) Brown asks him if he feels better.
(b) Brown asks him if he will return to Tull.
(c) Brown asks him if he asked God's forgiveness.
(d) Brown asks him if he feels bad.

11. What is the gunslinger's dream?
(a) An arid dream
(b) A thirsty dream
(c) An eerie dream
(d) A frightening dream

12. What is the gunslinger's reply when Brown asks him if he is desperate?
(a) Not yet
(b) I'll never be desperate.
(c) I'm past desperate.
(d) Yes, for the first time.

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

14. Why does Sylvia say that making love to her will be the death of the gunslinger?
(a) She is a creature of the night.
(b) She is poisoned.
(c) She is carrying the man in black's child.
(d) She will cast a death spell on him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the final result of the gunslinger's altercation with the people of Tull?

2. Who taught the gunslinger how to shoot?

3. What is the gunslinger's mystic number that determines his fate?

4. Why does Jake hide from the priest who camped in the yard of the stable?

5. What is the scene as the gunslinger dreams?

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