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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 the rose protect, according to the story that Eddie and Roland share with John?

2. What is the name of the place where Susannah is waiting for the others to find her, according to this story?

3. Who is being pursued when Eddie and Roland are outside of the door, causing them to have to try to kill these people?

4. Eddie tells Roland that they need to find Moses of Holmes __________ Industries before they can try to save Stephen King.

5. When the Wolves use what they have stolen, they take something from these items in order to make the ____________ unstoppable in their mission.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Roland do with the man who is horrible and melted looking, obviously from another world?

2. How does Callahan order the vampires to get away from him, in this first section of the story?

3. What is the conclusion the people in the group seem to have about the role of the writer, Stephen King?

4. What is the dream that Sheemie has, which he shares with the others during this section of the story?

5. What happens when Mordred is given to Mia in order to breastfeed in the story after Mordred is born?

6. What does Ted explain about the audiotape that he made and shares with the travelers in the story?

7. Why do the Crimson's King's men try to kidnap Ted and take him into the world where he is now?

8. Why does Callahan tell Jake to go on without him during this first part of the story?

9. What does Jake suggest that he and Oy do when Jake realizes that Oy can not see the dinosaur that he sees?

10. What do the characters learn about the transition between the worlds when they go through the door to the Thunderclap station?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Some of the characters know of the accident that Stephen King is going to have and they set out to stop it from happening.

Part 1: Do you think it's a good idea to change future events? Why or why not?

Part 2: If you could change the future or the past, would you? Support your answer.

Part 3: How do you think the characters believe that King not getting into the accident will help them?

Essay Topic 2

The Tower might also be seen as a symbol of the things a person does not want to admit about themselves.

Part 1: How do you interpret the Tower and its symbology?

Part 2: Choose two characters and define what the Tower means to each of them.

Part 3: Why do you think the Tower was chosen as the main focus of this series of stories?

Essay Topic 3

Roland tells Moses and Marian that stopping the Breakers was a means for him to get to the Tower.

Part 1: Do you think that Roland made the right choice in stopping the Breakers?

Part 2: Do you think you would have revealed this fact to Moses and to Marian if you were in Roland's shoes?

Part 3: How do you think Roland also might have been able to get to the Tower?

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