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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 the man in black do to Nort who lies across the tables?
(a) He pours whiskey in his face.
(b) He stuffs devil grass in his mouth.
(c) He spits in his face.
(d) He lunges across Nort's body, howling.

2. What pleases the gunslinger about the fugitive he is following?
(a) The fugitive is leaving more clues.
(b) The fugitive is slowing down.
(c) The fugitive is bleeding.
(d) The fugitive's essential humanity

3. What type of creature is Zoltan?
(a) A raven
(b) A lizard
(c) An eagle
(d) A wild dog

4. What does the gunslinger believe the man in black did to Sylvia Pittston?
(a) Cast a spell on her
(b) Turned her into one of his followers
(c) Left a demon in her
(d) Hypnotized her

5. Why was the bar closed on the night after the piano player attacked the gunslinger?
(a) No one in town would come to the bar.
(b) There was a riot in the street.
(c) It was the Sabbath.
(d) There was no piano player.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the gunslinger believe the man in black left for him in Tull?

2. Why does Brown apologize to the gunslinger?

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

4. Who does the gunslinger decide to ask about what is south of the desert?

5. What does Alice think about as she is on the edge of sleep?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain what the gunslinger is thinking as he eats his breakfast.

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

3. Describe the place where the preacher woman lives.

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

5. Describe the desert in which the gunslinger is traveling.

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

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

8. Summarize the way Allie and the gunslinger spend their time for the four days they spend in Allie's room.

9. Describe what the gunslinger passes in the desert after he leaves the town three weeks before.

10. Summarize the information Allie gives the gunslinger about the preacher woman.

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