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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 unusual about Brown's description of growing corn?

2. Who raps on the door halfway through the meal?

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

4. What does Brown think will strangle everything eventually?

5. What does Allie tell the gunslinger about Sylvia Pittston?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Summarize the way Allie and the gunslinger spend their time for the four days they spend in Allie's room.

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

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

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

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

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

10. Describe how Brown surprises the gunslinger.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Brown is a mystery to the gunslinger.

1) In what way does Brown help the gunslinger on his journey?

2) In what respect has Brown led the gunslinger to a new awareness about his own human nature and man's spiritual nature?

3) Explain how Brown is wise in the ways of the flesh and the spirit. Give examples from the novel.

Essay Topic 2

1) As the reader follows the gunslinger through his solitary trek across the desert, what kind of person is he revealed to be?

2) Analyze the character traits he reveals when he encounters Brown and Zoltan, Jake, and Allie.

3) Summarize deeper insights into the gunslinger's human nature in each of these relationships.

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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