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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What question does the gunslinger ask Brown?
(a) He asks Brown if he wants to kill him.
(b) He asks Brown who he really is.
(c) He asks Brown if he can stay awhile.
(d) He asks Brown if he is a spirit.

2. What are Soobie and Kennerly doing as the gunslinger rides away?
(a) Arguing with each other
(b) Screaming obscenities after him
(c) Helping each other into the house
(d) Staring at each other

3. Where does the man in black lead the gunslinger?
(a) Back into the desert
(b) The mountains
(c) Back to Tull
(d) The ancient killing grounds

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

5. What has been on the gunslinger's mind all day as he trudges through the desert?
(a) A nursery rhyme his mother used to sing to him
(b) The man in black
(c) The people he killed in Tull
(d) The way Allie died

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

7. What does Sylvia wave in each hand as she runs toward the gunslinger screaming?
(a) She waves a snake in each hand.
(b) She waves a kitchen knife in each hand.
(c) She waves dead rats in each hand.
(d) She holds a wooden cross in each hand.

8. Why does Jake hide from the priest who camped in the yard of the stable?
(a) He was afraid the man would eat his dog.
(b) He didn't want to share his food with the man.
(c) He was afraid the man would take his horse.
(d) He didn't like the look or feel of the man.

9. What does the gunslinger realize when he awakens to an ugly, bruised purple sky?
(a) He will never leave Tull.
(b) He is afraid of the townspeople.
(c) It is his last day in Tull.
(d) He is afraid of Allie.

10. What is the gunslinger's reaction when men, women, and children come after him with clubs and knives?
(a) He gives them a warning.
(b) He takes shelter in the barn.
(c) He tries to talk sense into them.
(d) He opens fire.

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

12. What harm does Soobie's weapon have on the gunslinger?
(a) It grazes his thigh.
(b) It misses him completely.
(c) It grazes his elbow only.
(d) It grazes the side of his head.

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

14. How does the gunslinger view Brown on the morning he is leaving Brown's home?
(a) As an amazing figure
(b) As a slightly crazed man
(c) As a dishonest man
(d) As someone not to be trusted

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the final comment Brown makes to the gunslinger when he departs?

2. What is the gunslinger carrying as he walks away from Brown?

3. What is the scene as the gunslinger dreams?

4. What is the gunslinger's reply when Brown asks him if he is desperate?

5. Why does Brown question the gunslinger's humanity?

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