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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Brown think the man in black is?
(a) Past the desert
(b) In the desert
(c) Very close
(d) In the mountains

2. Where does the gunslinger think all quests end?
(a) They end with compromise.
(b) They end upon the killing ground.
(c) They end with pain.
(d) They end in love.

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

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

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

6. What disturbs Marten and Roland's mother about his comment that his mother has not dismissed him?
(a) Roland insults his mother.
(b) Roland talks to Marten in High Speech.
(c) Roland insults his father.
(d) Roland threatens Marten.

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

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

9. What is the final result of the gunslinger's altercation with the people of Tull?
(a) They agree to let him leave town.
(b) He escapes on his horse.
(c) He kills everyone in the town.
(d) The townspeople lock him in jail.

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

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

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

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

14. What hangs on Sylvia Pittston's door?
(a) A rabbit's foot
(b) A large wooden cross
(c) A dead cat
(d) The Lord's Prayer

15. Who calls Roland into his mother's room in the gunslinger's memories of coming of age?
(a) Cuthbert
(b) Marten
(c) Zoltan
(d) Cort

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the gunslinger see in his vision?

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

3. What does the gunslinger tell Jake about the Tower?

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

5. What do the boys ask their fathers about the hanging in the town?

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