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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 Alice think about as she is on the edge of sleep?

2. What are the three things Brown believes are important?

3. What does the gunslinger think the burned out campfires he finds could be?

4. Where does Sylvia Pittston live?

5. How does Brown surprise the gunslinger when they sit down to eat?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the first things that the gunslinger tells Brown about the town of Tull.

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

3. Describe how Brown surprises the gunslinger.

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

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

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

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

8. Describe the preacher who gives a sermon at the church.

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

10. Summarize the information Allie gives the gunslinger about the preacher woman.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an introduction to the novel discussing Stephen King's writing style, use of dialogue, irony, imagery, and point of view of the characters. How do these literary elements affect the story?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

1) Evaluate the elements of cause and effect in this story using examples from the novel.

2) Choose three events from the story which cause the gunslinger's life to undergo a change.

3) How does he react to the events and their effects?

4) How does he grow emotionally in his own life and in his attitude toward the people in his life because of these changes?

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