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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 weather like as the gunslinger rides out of town?

2. How much time passes in one night as the gunslinger and the man in black talk?

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

4. Why does Jake hide from the priest who camped in the yard of the stable?

5. How does the gunslinger view Brown on the morning he is leaving Brown's home?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Summarize Sylvia Pittston's encounter with the man in black.

6. Describe the night as the gunslinger sleeps in the desert.

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

1) Analyze the role of the gunslinger as the protagonist in the novel and the role of the man in black as the antagonist.

2) Explain the qualities each of the two characters has that places them into these roles.

3) In what way does the man in black oppose the gunslinger?

4) Justify the role of each man with examples from the novel.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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