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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 the gunslinger believe the man in black did to Sylvia Pittston?

2. How long has the gunslinger been following the fugitive?

3. What does the person the gunslinger meets offer him to eat?

4. Where does Sylvia Pittston live?

5. How long has it been since the gunslinger passed a town?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Describe the gunslinger's guns.

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

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

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

9. Describe the desert in which the gunslinger is traveling.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Analyze the resolution of the story as it relates to the gunslinger, Jake, and the man in black.

2) Explain the metamorphosis each of them experiences in the final chapters.

Essay Topic 2

1) Choose several episodes from the novel that reveal important facets of the man in black's character.

2) Explain how these episodes are revealing.

3) Describe what motivates him and what his final goal is.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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