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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 prediction does Allie make about the weather?

2. What does Allie do on the morning after telling the gunslinger about Sylvia?

3. What question does the gunslinger ask the man in black?

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

5. What does Sylvia wave in each hand as she runs toward the gunslinger screaming?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Describe the parting of Brown and the gunslinger.

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) 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 3

1) Evaluate the relationship between the gunslinger and Jake.

2) How does the man in black's father affect the gunslinger's relationship with Jake?

3) How does the gunslinger feel about Jake at the end of the novel?

4) Give examples from the story of how they interact with one another.

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