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

2. What is the angry mob screaming at the gunslinger?
(a) They scream, "Don't ever come back."
(b) They scream, "Get out of our town."
(c) They scream, "The accursed! Bring him down!"
(d) They scream, "You'll never catch him."

3. What does the gunslinger tell Jake about the Tower?
(a) It is a power-nexis in time.
(b) It is the center of the universe.
(c) It is a place of evil.
(d) It is the answer to life's questions.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Brown ask the gunslinger when he is done telling his story about Tull?

2. What does the gunslinger realize about Jake?

3. What do Roland and Cuthbert do after they hear the secret conversation?

4. Where does Brown think the man in black is?

5. What is the final comment Brown makes to the gunslinger when he departs?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Allie's demeanor on the morning of the gunslinger's last day in Tull.

2. Summarize why the gunslinger looks at Jake with sorrow.

3. Summarize the outcome of the gunslinger's shoot-out with the townspeople of Tull.

4. Describe the night as the gunslinger sleeps in the desert.

5. Describe the encounter the gunslinger has with Jake.

6. Describe what Jake tells the gunslinger to look at in the mountains.

7. Summarize the decision the gunslinger must make when Jake falls onto the edge of a pit, clutching on for his life.

8. Summarize the encounter the gunslinger has with Kennerly and Soobie.

9. Summarize what the gunslinger and the man in black talk about throughout the night and what is revealed when the conversation is over.

10. Describe Sylvia's prediction about what the man in black intends to do about the gunslinger.

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