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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

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

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

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

6. How does the gunslinger view the boy in the light of the fire?
(a) He sees Jake as a potential threat.
(b) He sees Jake as untrustworthy.
(c) He sees Jake as young and innocent.
(d) He sees Jake as a liar.

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

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

9. Where is the man who taught the gunslinger how to shoot?
(a) The gunslinger doesn't know where he is.
(b) He is buried in the hills.
(c) He is locked in prison.
(d) He is in another dimension.

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

11. What does the gunslinger realize about Jake?
(a) Jake is a demon.
(b) Jake is destined to be a priest.
(c) The gunslinger loves the boy.
(d) He is a sacrifice.

12. What do Roland and Cuthbert do after they hear the secret conversation?
(a) Tell their mothers.
(b) Tell their fathers.
(c) Tell the priest.
(d) Tell the Good Man.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the consequence for not passing the gunslinger test?

2. Who taught the gunslinger how to shoot?

3. What does the gunslinger guard about his character?

4. What is the last thing Allie asks the gunslinger?

5. What is the crow compared to as it sits on the low roof?

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