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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 able to do in spite of being stabbed several times?
(a) Drag himself away from the mob
(b) Reload his guns
(c) Run for shelter
(d) Hop onto his horse

2. What is the final result of the gunslinger's altercation with the people of Tull?
(a) He kills everyone in the town.
(b) They agree to let him leave town.
(c) He escapes on his horse.
(d) The townspeople lock him in jail.

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

4. Who is held hostage by Sheb as the gunslinger fires his guns?
(a) Sylvia
(b) Kennerly
(c) Allie
(d) Soobie

5. What is the gunslinger carrying as he walks away from Brown?
(a) Guns and knives
(b) Guns and water
(c) Guns and a rope
(d) Food and water

Short Answer Questions

1. What prediction does Allie make about the weather?

2. What happens as Kennerly looks at the gunslinger with a hate-filled grin?

3. What choice does the gunslinger have to make when he and Jake finally confront the man in black?

4. How does the gunslinger eat his breakfast?

5. What is the reaction of the gunslinger after the assault by Soobie?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Summarize Brown's reaction when the gunslinger is finished telling the story about Tull.

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

4. Describe the appearance of Brown on the day the gunslinger leaves his home.

5. Describe the gunslinger's thoughts about Cort, the man who taught him to shoot.

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

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

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

9. Describe what Roland wants from Cort when he kicks in his door.

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

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