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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. What does Nort believe the man in black could have done for him?

2. What does Alice tell the gunslinger about Nort's eyes?

3. What does Brown think will strangle everything eventually?

4. Who raps on the door halfway through the meal?

5. How many daughters does Kennerly have?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the explanation Brown gives about his planted corn the last time it rained.

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

3. Describe the landscape as the gunslinger arrives in Tull.

4. Describe what Allie tells the gunslinger about the desert.

5. Describe what the gunslinger finds when he goes into Brown's dwelling.

6. Summarize how the gunslinger begins to tell the story of Tull.

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

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

9. Summarize Allie's explanation about Nort's death.

10. Describe how Brown surprises the gunslinger.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The gunslinger is one of the main constants throughout the novel. He is mentioned in all three parts of the story and everyone's life seems to revolve around him.

1) Explain how the gunslinger and the characters intertwine as the book progresses.

2) What relationship does he have with Brown, Allie, the man in black, Jake, Kennerly, and Sylvia Pittston.

Essay Topic 2

1) Summarize how Stephen King uses local color and imagery to describe the desert and Tull.

2) Cite descriptive examples of the atmosphere, landscaping, the citizens, Sheb's Bar, the stable, and the main street.

3) Does the imagery King uses depict a clear and accurate picture of the town and the surrounding landscape?

Essay Topic 3

1) Analyze Stephen King's use of imagery to convey the tone of the novel.

2) How do the images of the weather and the desert add to this tone?

3) Justify the answers with examples from the novel.

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