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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 conversation do Roland and Cuthbert overhear as they are eating dessert?
(a) They hear Hax and a guard plan to kill the people of Farson.
(b) They hear Cort plan to kill the people of Farson.
(c) They hear Cort and Hax plan to kill the people of Farson.
(d) They hear Hax and a guard plan to free a prisoner from the castle.

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

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

4. How does Cuthbert feel about Cort?
(a) He is enthralled with Cort.
(b) He is intimidated by Cort.
(c) He loves Cort like a father.
(d) He hates Cort.

5. What is the consequence for not passing the gunslinger test?
(a) Finding a lowly profession
(b) Repeating all the lessons
(c) Banishment forever
(d) Becoming a servant to other gunslingers

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Brown planning to do with the gunslinger's mule?

2. What do Roland and Cuthbert do after they hear the secret conversation?

3. What does Sylvia say to the gunslinger when he comes into her home?

4. What are Soobie and Kennerly doing as the gunslinger rides away?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe the parting of Brown and the gunslinger.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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