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

2. What possibility can't the gunslinger bear to think about?
(a) The loss of his son
(b) Starving to death
(c) His own madness
(d) His death

3. Who is the one character in the Bible that Sylvia Pittston fears?
(a) The Interloper
(b) Meshach
(c) Shadrach
(d) Abednego

4. What was the thick crust of alkali in the desert at one time?
(a) An underground stream
(b) A highway
(c) A gold mine
(d) A river

5. What does the gunslinger consider might be the trap that the man in black left for him?
(a) His growing laziness
(b) His growing affection for Alice
(c) His constant anxiety
(d) His yearning for a home

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the gunslinger accuse Brown of doing to him?

2. Why does Sheb attack the gunslinger?

3. What does the fugitive do while in the town of Hull?

4. How long has it been since the gunslinger passed a town?

5. What does the gunslinger believe the man in black did to Sylvia Pittston?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the man in black's arrival in the town of Tull.

2. Describe the gunslinger's guns.

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

4. Describe the place where the preacher woman lives.

5. Summarize how the man in black brings Nort back to life.

6. Describe Allie's thoughts about the gunslinger after she hears him talking strangely to Nort.

7. Summarize the discussion Brown and the gunslinger have after the blessing.

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

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

10. Describe the scene when Brown wakes up the gunslinger after five hours of rest.

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