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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 realize about Jake?

2. What question does the gunslinger ask Brown?

3. What does Jake ask the gunslinger after they see the man in black?

4. Who is held hostage by Sheb as the gunslinger fires his guns?

5. What does the gunslinger realize when he awakens to an ugly, bruised purple sky?

Short Essay Questions

1. Analyze why the gunslinger asks Brown who he really is.

2. Describe where the gunslinger finds Jake when he is missing from the campsite.

3. Summarize the decision the gunslinger must make when Jake falls onto the edge of a pit, clutching on for his life.

4. Summarize the memories the gunslinger has of days learning with Cort.

5. Summarize why the gunslinger looks at Jake with sorrow.

6. Summarize Brown's reaction when the gunslinger is finished telling the story about Tull.

7. Summarize the final conversation that Allie and the gunslinger have together.

8. Summarize why the gunslinger goes back to the circle of stones.

9. Summarize the outcome of the gunslinger's shoot-out with the townspeople of Tull.

10. Summarize what the gunslinger and the man in black talk about throughout the night and what is revealed when the conversation is over.

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

The gunslinger has a number of dreams and visions throughout the novel.

1) Choose two of the gunslinger's dreams or visions and determine if they affect his reality or if they are only harmless imaginings.

2) Analyze how the gunslinger manages to remain in the real world even after being influenced by so many visions.

3) In what way do the visions change his course and alter his life?

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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