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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 when he awakens to an ugly, bruised purple sky?
(a) It is his last day in Tull.
(b) He is afraid of the townspeople.
(c) He is afraid of Allie.
(d) He will never leave Tull.

2. What does Allie do on the morning after telling the gunslinger about Sylvia?
(a) She lights the lamps and cooks corn fritters for the gunslinger.
(b) She goes to the bar.
(c) She leaves the gunslinger alone.
(d) She runs out into the street.

3. How does the gunslinger view the boy in the light of the fire?
(a) He sees Jake as young and innocent.
(b) He sees Jake as a potential threat.
(c) He sees Jake as a liar.
(d) He sees Jake as untrustworthy.

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

5. What becomes of the gunslinger after he passes out in the sand?
(a) Jake kicks him in the stomach and takes his guns.
(b) Jake lays him in a hay bed and cools his face with water.
(c) Jake throws him into a newly dug grave.
(d) Jake sits beside him, not knowing what to do.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jake ask the gunslinger after they see the man in black?

2. How does the gunslinger eat his breakfast?

3. What is the gunslinger able to do in spite of being stabbed several times?

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

5. What surprises the gunslinger about the man in black?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the parting of Brown and the gunslinger.

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

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

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

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

6. Describe the encounter the gunslinger has with Jake.

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

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

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

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

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