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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. Where does Brown think the man in black is?

2. Where does the gunslinger find Jake after waking from his dream?

3. What means of transportation are Jake and the gunslinger using to follow the man in black?

4. What happens as Kennerly looks at the gunslinger with a hate-filled grin?

5. How does the gunslinger view the boy in the light of the fire?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe Allie's demeanor on the morning of the gunslinger's last day in Tull.

5. Describe Sylvia's prediction about what the man in black intends to do about the gunslinger.

6. Describe the parting of Brown and the gunslinger.

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

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

9. Describe what Jake tells the gunslinger to look at in the mountains.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Choose several episodes from the novel that reveal important facets of the man in black's character.

2) Explain how these episodes are revealing.

3) Describe what motivates him and what his final goal is.

Essay Topic 2

1) Evaluate the elements of cause and effect in this story using examples from the novel.

2) Choose three events from the story which cause the gunslinger's life to undergo a change.

3) How does he react to the events and their effects?

4) How does he grow emotionally in his own life and in his attitude toward the people in his life because of these changes?

Essay Topic 3

1) Analyze the image of the altar and the stone circle in which Jake is mesmerized and the gunslinger receives his prophecy.

2) What does the stone circle symbolize?

3) What images does King use to describe the vision he receives and the oracle's message to him?

4) Cite examples of how the oracles prophecy relates to the gunslinger in the future.

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