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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 asks the gunslinger if the fugitive he is following is a sorcerer?

2. What is the gunslinger thinking as he eats the grits Alice made for him?

3. What does the gunslinger believe the man in black did to Sylvia Pittston?

4. What does Kennerly say that he heard is beyond the desert?

5. What does Alice decide she can do in a day or two?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Allie's thoughts about the gunslinger after she hears him talking strangely to Nort.

3. Summarize what becomes of the gunslinger's mule.

4. Describe the situation when Sheb breaks into Allie's room.

5. Describe the place where the preacher woman lives.

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

7. Describe the scene when Brown wakes up the gunslinger after five hours of rest.

8. Summarize what goes through the gunslinger's mind when Zoltan starts reciting the Lord's Prayer.

9. Describe Allie's room where she and the gunslinger make love.

10. Explain what the gunslinger is contemplating as he gets water from Brown's well.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Several times in the novel, it is mentioned that the world moved on.

2) Summarize what meaning this statement has for the gunslinger, the man in black, Jake, and the townspeople of Tull.

3) Cite examples from the novel that explain how the world moved on for each of them.

4) In the case of Jake, describe how two worlds have moved on for him.

Essay Topic 2

The gunslinger has a number of dreams and visions throughout the novel.

1) Choose two of the gunslinger's dreams or visions and determine if they affect his reality or if they are only harmless imaginings.

2) Analyze how the gunslinger manages to remain in the real world even after being influenced by so many visions.

3) In what way do the visions change his course and alter his life?

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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