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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Allie tell the gunslinger about Sylvia Pittston?
(a) She won't see him.
(b) She will possess him.
(c) She will put a demon in him.
(d) She will kill him.

2. What is the age of the old man that the fugitive cures?
(a) 62
(b) 35
(c) 91
(d) 85

3. Who is the gunslinger following across the desert?
(a) The man in black
(b) The woman in black
(c) The black woman
(d) The black man

4. How long has Sylvia been in Tull?
(a) Two years
(b) Two months
(c) Six months
(d) Twelve years

5. What does Alice think about the gunslinger when he makes no comment when she is finished talking?
(a) She thinks he fell asleep.
(b) She thinks he is crazed.
(c) She thinks he died.
(d) She thinks he is too scared to speak.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nort chew on instead of eating?

2. Why was the bar closed on the night after the piano player attacked the gunslinger?

3. Who asks the gunslinger if the fugitive he is following is a sorcerer?

4. Where did Sylvia come from when she arrived in town?

5. Who is the first person the gunslinger meets when he comes down the foothills?

Short Essay Questions

1. Summarize the description Kennerly gives the gunslinger about what is beyond the desert.

2. Describe the preacher who gives a sermon at the church.

3. Describe what Allie tells the gunslinger about the desert.

4. Describe the explanation Brown gives about his planted corn the last time it rained.

5. Describe the place where the preacher woman lives.

6. Describe the situation when Sheb breaks into Allie's room.

7. Describe Kennerly's daughters.

8. Summarize the preacher's comments about the Interloper.

9. Explain what the gunslinger is contemplating as he gets water from Brown's well.

10. Describe the landscape as the gunslinger arrives in Tull.

(see the answer keys)

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