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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 gunslinger realize about Jake?
(a) He is a sacrifice.
(b) Jake is a demon.
(c) Jake is destined to be a priest.
(d) The gunslinger loves the boy.

2. What does the gunslinger see in his vision?
(a) The death of the man in black
(b) His own death
(c) The end of the universe
(d) Something of cosmic importance

3. As the gunslinger thinks about the past, what are Roland and Cuthbert learning to do?
(a) Shoot
(b) How to ride bareback
(c) Train Cort's hawk, David
(d) Reload quickly

4. What is involved in passing the gunslinger test?
(a) Roland must take a stick away from Cort.
(b) Roland must shoot while riding a horse.
(c) Roland must shoot and reload in ten seconds.
(d) Roland must shoot five targets accurately.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What warning does Kennerly give to the gunslinger?

2. How does the gunslinger get into Sylvia's residence?

3. What is the weather like as the gunslinger rides out of town?

4. What does the gunslinger ask the oracle as he lays on the stone altar?

5. How long have Jake and the gunslinger been in the foothills?

Short Essay Questions

1. Summarize Sylvia Pittston's encounter with the man in black.

2. Summarize the memories the gunslinger has of days learning with Cort.

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

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

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

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

7. Summarize why the gunslinger goes back to the circle of stones.

8. Describe the events that take place as the gunslinger walks through the center of town.

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

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

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