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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 pleases the gunslinger about the fugitive he is following?

2. Why is Brown's hut door below ground level?

3. While the gunslinger waits for his hamburgers to be cooked, what does the man behind him do?

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

5. What spectacular thing does the gunslinger see in the night sky?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe how Brown surprises the gunslinger.

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

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

6. Summarize the scene in the bar when Nort puts a hand on the gunslinger's shoulder.

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

8. Describe the gunslinger's guns.

9. Summarize the discussion Brown and the gunslinger have after the blessing.

10. Describe what the gunslinger passes in the desert after he leaves the town three weeks before.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Analyze the role of the gunslinger as the protagonist in the novel and the role of the man in black as the antagonist.

2) Explain the qualities each of the two characters has that places them into these roles.

3) In what way does the man in black oppose the gunslinger?

4) Justify the role of each man with examples from the novel.

Essay Topic 2

1) Pinpoint the major conflicts in the novel.

2) Determine if these conflicts are internal or external and if they are between the characters themselves, personal conflicts, and conflicts with nature.

3) Give examples from the novel of these conflicts and if they are resolved by the end of the novel.

Essay Topic 3

1) As the gunslinger walks through the desert, a nursery rhyme plays through his mind in a maddening way.

2) Determine King's purpose in using this poem in the story.

3) What does the poetic imagery reveal about the gunslinger's life?

4) Analyze the message his mother was trying to give to Roland about the road his life will take.

5) Cite examples from the novel that prove the prophecies in the rhyme have come true in the gunslinger's life as an adult.

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