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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. Who has saved the travelers with the note, since they had already saved this person's life?

2. Which of the characters causes a shop owner to become nervous and flee from his own store?

3. What sort of statue is right across the street from the building Roland is going to enter in order to get more answers?

4. The woman reveals that her relation to Nancy Deepneau is __________________ when they are walking together.

5. Who is the first to notice the characters when they are approaching the Dark Tower, according to the descriptions in this section?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the storeowner run when he sees Roland enter his store during this part of the story?

2. What does Jake end up doing in order to get the man to slow down, the one who is suposed to hit Stephen King?

3. What do Roland, Jake, and Oy do in order to get to the place where Stephen King is supposed to have his accident?

4. What does Roland ask Patrick to do, even though Patrick says that this will be a difficult task to do?

5. What does the Crimson King do when he sees Roland and Patrick approaching the Dark Tower?

6. What does Susannah find she is doing more and more as they continue to travel in this story?

7. What does Bill make for Susannah and for Patrick during this section of the story as they continue to travel?

8. Describe the three men who greet the travelers when they reach the door of the castle.

9. What happens when the men use the eraser on the picture of the Crimson King?

10. What does Nancy tell Roland to do in relation to finding the information he needs?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

The psychic link between Susannah and Mia allows Susannah to find out that Mia has agreed to help in any way that she can.

Part 1: Do you believe that a psychic link is possible in real life?

Part 2: How else might you use a psychic link if you were a part of the story?

Part 3: Why do you think that Mia decides that she wants to help Susannah during this story?

Essay Topic 3

Susannah has a dream about a warning that involves Dandelo, according to the book's content.

Part 1: Why do you think that Susannah has this dream about Dandelo?

Part 2: Do you think that dreams are meant to be taken seriously? Why or why not?

Part 3: How do you think a person should respond to a dream which seems to include a warning?

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