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

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

3. What does Sylvia say to the gunslinger when he comes into her home?

4. How does the gunslinger get into Sylvia's residence?

5. As the gunslinger thinks about the past, what are Roland and Cuthbert learning to do?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Summarize the encounter the gunslinger has with Kennerly and Soobie.

5. Summarize the final conversation that Allie and the gunslinger have together.

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

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

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) Analyze the resolution of the story as it relates to the gunslinger, Jake, and the man in black.

2) Explain the metamorphosis each of them experiences in the final chapters.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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.

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