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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the one character in the Bible that Sylvia Pittston fears?

2. How does the gunslinger react when the piano player charges at him and Alice?

3. What is unusual about Brown's description of growing corn?

4. What does Alice think about the gunslinger when he makes no comment when she is finished talking?

5. What type of creature is Zoltan?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Kennerly's daughters.

2. Describe the man in black's arrival in the town of Tull.

3. Summarize the preacher's comments about the Interloper.

4. Describe how Brown surprises the gunslinger.

5. Explain why the gunslinger tells Allie he is leaving in the morning.

6. Summarize the night sky as the gunslinger camps for the night.

7. Summarize the description Kennerly gives the gunslinger about what is beyond the desert.

8. Explain what the gunslinger is thinking as he eats his breakfast.

9. Explain the levels of khef that are summarized in this chapter.

10. Describe the young dweller that the gunslinger encounters when he comes out of the foothills.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Analyze Sylvia Pittston's final acts in the story and if she has any alternatives to the shootout in Tull.

2) Was her character completely evil in the end?

3) Justify the answer with examples from the story.

Essay Topic 2

1) The gunslinger has many memories of his youth as a boy named Roland.

2) Describe what is learned about the gunslinger as an adult by his memories of Roland.

3) Explain how these memories of his early life affect his lifestyle and relationships as an adult.

4) Analyze how his notions as Roland have changed since becoming a gunslinger.

5) Cite examples to justify the answers.

Essay Topic 3

1) Discuss how the gunslinger's attitude toward life changes from the beginning of the book to the end.

2) How does his attitude change toward the man in black? How does his attitude change about himself?

3) What are the differences in his attitude toward the meaning of life differ from the beginning to the end of the story?

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