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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. Where does the gunslinger think all quests end?
(a) They end upon the killing ground.
(b) They end in love.
(c) They end with pain.
(d) They end with compromise.

2. What does the gunslinger give to Jake for protection?
(a) A slingshot
(b) A jawbone
(c) One of his guns
(d) A knife

3. Who calls Roland into his mother's room in the gunslinger's memories of coming of age?
(a) Zoltan
(b) Cort
(c) Cuthbert
(d) Marten

4. How long have Jake and the gunslinger been in the foothills?
(a) Three days
(b) One week
(c) Two weeks
(d) Two days

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the last thing Allie asks the gunslinger?

2. What means of transportation are Jake and the gunslinger using to follow the man in black?

3. Who is held hostage by Sheb as the gunslinger fires his guns?

4. What question does the gunslinger ask the man in black?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the encounter the gunslinger has with Jake.

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Describe the events that take place as the gunslinger walks through the center of town.

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

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

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