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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 the gunslinger's reaction when men, women, and children come after him with clubs and knives?

2. How long have Jake and the gunslinger been in the foothills?

3. Where does the gunslinger think all quests end?

4. What is the gunslinger dreaming about when he is startled from his sleep?

5. Where does the man in black lead the gunslinger?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Summarize what the gunslinger sees as he staggers in the desert.

6. Describe what Roland wants from Cort when he kicks in his door.

7. Describe the killing ground where the man in black leads the gunslinger.

8. Describe the events that take place as the gunslinger walks through the center of town.

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

10. Describe what Soobie and Kennerly are doing when the gunslinger leaves them.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Summarize how Stephen King uses local color and imagery to describe the desert and Tull.

2) Cite descriptive examples of the atmosphere, landscaping, the citizens, Sheb's Bar, the stable, and the main street.

3) Does the imagery King uses depict a clear and accurate picture of the town and the surrounding landscape?

Essay Topic 2

1) As the gunslinger walks through the desert, a nursery rhyme plays through his mind in a maddening way.

2) Determine King's purpose in using this poem in the story.

3) What does the poetic imagery reveal about the gunslinger's life?

4) Analyze the message his mother was trying to give to Roland about the road his life will take.

5) Cite examples from the novel that prove the prophecies in the rhyme have come true in the gunslinger's life as an adult.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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