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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 last thing Allie asks the gunslinger?
(a) She asks him if he will be back.
(b) She asks him if he is a demon.
(c) She asks him if he is ever surprised.
(d) She asks him if he is leaving.

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

3. What does the gunslinger do to Jake to get information from him?
(a) Begs Jake for the information
(b) Threatens Jake with his gun
(c) Hypnotizes Jake
(d) Threatens to drag Jake through the desert

4. 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

5. What choice does the gunslinger have to make when he and Jake finally confront the man in black?
(a) He has to decide whether to ask Jake to help him or not.
(b) He has to decide whether to surrender to the man in black or fight him to the death.
(c) He has to decide whether to leave Jake hanging from a pit or go after the man in black.
(d) He has to decide whether to kill the man in black or bring him to the Tower.

Short Answer Questions

1. What warning does Kennerly give to the gunslinger?

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

3. What conversation do Roland and Cuthbert overhear as they are eating dessert?

4. Who calls Roland into his mother's room in the gunslinger's memories of coming of age?

5. What is the scene as the gunslinger dreams?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Summarize the final conversation that Allie and the gunslinger have together.

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

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

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

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

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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