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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jake ask the gunslinger after they see the man in black?
(a) He asks if the gunslinger is afraid.
(b) He asks if he can stay behind.
(c) He asks if they can turn around.
(d) He asks if they will catch him.

2. What is the final comment Brown makes to the gunslinger when he departs?
(a) Walk easy
(b) Keep an eye out
(c) Take care
(d) Watch your back

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

4. What does the gunslinger do to Jake to get information from him?
(a) Begs Jake for the information
(b) Threatens Jake with his gun
(c) Hypnotizes Jake
(d) Threatens to drag Jake through the desert

5. 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 Susan being burned alive.
(c) He dreams about finding Jake.
(d) He dreams about Cuthbert's death.

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

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

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

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

10. What is the gunslinger carrying as he walks away from Brown?
(a) Guns and water
(b) Guns and a rope
(c) Food and water
(d) Guns and knives

11. What does Allie do on the morning after telling the gunslinger about Sylvia?
(a) She lights the lamps and cooks corn fritters for the gunslinger.
(b) She goes to the bar.
(c) She runs out into the street.
(d) She leaves the gunslinger alone.

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

13. How does the gunslinger eat his breakfast?
(a) He doesn't eat anything.
(b) Rapidly, without speaking
(c) Slowly, while making small talk
(d) He picks at the food.

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

15. What does the desert bake out of the gunslinger?
(a) Thoughts of love
(b) Thoughts of guilt
(c) Thoughts of a happy life
(d) Thoughts of friendship

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the reaction of the gunslinger after the assault by Soobie?

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

3. What does the man in black do with the tarot cards?

4. What does Sylvia say is beyond the desert when the gunslinger grabs her?

5. How much time passes in one night as the gunslinger and the man in black talk?

(see the answer keys)

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