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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. How does the gunslinger react to Pittston's plea to the congregation to crush what she fears most?

2. Who does the gunslinger decide to ask about what is south of the desert?

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

4. What does the gunslinger accuse Brown of doing to him?

5. What does Sheb have in his hand when he breaks into Alice's bedroom?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the man in black's arrival in the town of Tull.

3. Describe Kennerly's daughters.

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

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

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

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

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

9. Describe the gunslinger's guns.

10. Describe the young dweller that the gunslinger encounters when he comes out of the foothills.

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) Compare and contrast the characters of the gunslinger and the man in black.

2) Summarize the impact each character had on the people they meet in the novel.

3) In your opinion, which character is the most effective? Defend your stance.

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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