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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sister see in the dream walk she has at Paul's cabin?
(a) The Salt Lake settlement.
(b) A warning.
(c) The shoots of corn growing in PawPaw's shelter.
(d) Swan's tarot card reading.

2. What enables Roland to defend himself from the Fat Man?
(a) Drugs.
(b) A hidden weapon.
(c) A sudden rage.
(d) His speed and size.

3. What is Josh worried about when he and the others discover they are trapped in the shelter?
(a) They have no water.
(b) They will run out of air.
(c) They will run out of food.
(d) PawPaw is going insane and may be dangerous.

4. Swan describes her sensation of creatures and plants "hurting" as _______.
(a) A visible aura.
(b) A sound.
(c) A feeling.
(d) A touch sensation.

5. What is Crybaby?
(a) A terrier.
(b) A dowsing rod.
(c) A radio.
(d) A cat.

6. As she travels through New York city, Sister Creep observes the effects of a strike by __________.
(a) Garbage collectors.
(b) Bus drivers.
(c) Firemen.
(d) Police.

7. What combat sport does Josh Hutchins practice?
(a) Tae Kwon Do.
(b) Jujitsu.
(c) Wrestling.
(d) Boxing.

8. What major event is Sister Creep waiting for?
(a) The presidential election.
(b) The Rapture.
(c) The coming of a pagan god.
(d) The magnetic alignment of the earth.

9. Whom did Sister see in the dream walk she had after she and Artie escaped from Doyle?
(a) Josh and Swan.
(b) The Spanish woman.
(c) Roland and Macklin.
(d) Darleen.

10. As he lies trapped, Colonel Macklin has a flashback to his time in what place?
(a) Korea.
(b) Vietnam.
(c) Gambia.
(d) Kosovo.

11. What does Swan find intact when she and Josh reach the surface?
(a) Her Cookie Monster doll.
(b) A scarecrow.
(c) Her mother's car.
(d) A billboard for Earth House.

12. Why are the theater employees disturbed during the showing of a particular film?
(a) They smell fire and sulfur.
(b) A man laughs during the film.
(c) There are inexplicable scenes added to the film.
(d) A woman sobs uncontrollably.

13. What film is being shown at the opening of Chapter 6?
(a) The Face of Death.
(b) Silencio.
(c) The Seventh Seal.
(d) Kosovo Autumn.

14. Roland and Macklin ambush Sheila Fontana just outside a settlement located in __________.
(a) Detroit.
(b) New York.
(c) Denver.
(d) Salt Late.

15. At the beginning of the novel, the United States and what other nation are gearing up for nuclear war?
(a) Pakistan.
(b) North Korea.
(c) The USSR.
(d) China.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the part of the glass ring that Doyle touches?

2. What is Sister Creep's "magic place"?

3. Roland and Macklin barter with the Fat Man for a tent that formerly belonged to whom?

4. What does a man do in Sister Creep's dream?

5. What does Sister Creep hope to find in the Empire State Theatre?

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