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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 is Alice's reaction to the man in black's actions?

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

3. What question does the gunslinger ask Brown while they are eating?

4. What type of creature is Zoltan?

5. What is the gunslinger thinking as he turns away from Kennerly?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Summarize how the man in black brings Nort back to life.

7. Describe how Brown surprises the gunslinger.

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

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

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) 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

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

The gunslinger is one of the main constants throughout the novel. He is mentioned in all three parts of the story and everyone's life seems to revolve around him.

1) Explain how the gunslinger and the characters intertwine as the book progresses.

2) What relationship does he have with Brown, Allie, the man in black, Jake, Kennerly, and Sylvia Pittston.

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