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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 warning does Kennerly give to the gunslinger?
(a) Alice is planning to kill him.
(b) Sylvia is planning to kill him.
(c) The wind from the storm can kill him.
(d) There is a trap set for him.

2. What does the man in black do with the tarot cards?
(a) Tosses them into the fire
(b) Lays them out in front of the gunslinger
(c) Tells the gunslinger's future
(d) Throws them into the air

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

4. What surprises the gunslinger about the man in black?
(a) How young he is
(b) How old he is
(c) How small he is
(d) How tall he is

5. What question does the gunslinger ask Brown?
(a) He asks Brown if he is a spirit.
(b) He asks Brown if he wants to kill him.
(c) He asks Brown who he really is.
(d) He asks Brown if he can stay awhile.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the gunslinger see sitting in the shadows?

2. What does the desert bake out of the gunslinger?

3. Where does the man in black lead the gunslinger?

4. What prediction does Allie make about the weather?

5. What is the scene as the gunslinger dreams?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe what Soobie and Kennerly are doing when the gunslinger leaves them.

4. Analyze why the gunslinger asks Brown who he really is.

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

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

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

8. Describe what Roland and Cuthbert overhear as they eat their dessert and how they react.

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

10. Describe where the gunslinger finds Jake when he is missing from the campsite.

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