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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 dreaming about when he is startled from his sleep?

2. What is the gunslinger able to do in spite of being stabbed several times?

3. What does the gunslinger ask the oracle as he lays on the stone altar?

4. What becomes of the gunslinger after he passes out in the sand?

5. What is the crow compared to as it sits on the low roof?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe what Roland and Cuthbert overhear as they eat their dessert and how they react.

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

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

7. Describe the appearance of Brown on the day the gunslinger leaves his home.

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

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

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

1) Pinpoint the major conflicts in the novel.

2) Determine if these conflicts are internal or external and if they are between the characters themselves, personal conflicts, and conflicts with nature.

3) Give examples from the novel of these conflicts and if they are resolved by the end of the novel.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

1) Analyze Sylvia Pittston's final acts in the story and if she has any alternatives to the shootout in Tull.

2) Was her character completely evil in the end?

3) Justify the answer with examples from the story.

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