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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Hax tell Roland was the last act of the Great Old Ones?
(a) To create Susannah's world.
(b) To create the Beams.
(c) To create Roland's world.
(d) To create the Twelve Guardians.

2. How long has Jake been fighting the rising madness inside him as stated in Chapter 1?
(a) Three weeks.
(b) Three days.
(c) Three months.
(d) Three years.

3. Who is Mir?
(a) The old bear who who lives in the woods where Roland and his friends are camped.
(b) A spacestation.
(c) A friend of Roland's.
(d) Susannah's husband.

4. Which guardian does Roland talk about in a poem taught him by his nursemaid?
(a) The lion.
(b) The bear.
(c) The turtle.
(d) The fish.

5. In the story told in Chapter 10 about Old Star and Old Mother, who was Cassiopeia?
(a) Old Star.
(b) Old Mother's daughter.
(c) Old Mother.
(d) A beautiful young woman.

6. What does Susannah think the speaking ring looks like in Chapter 23?
(a) The Washington Monument.
(b) The Great Pyramid.
(c) Stonehenge.
(d) The Sphinx.

7. Where is the Great Portal?
(a) Off center of one of the Twelve Portals.
(b) In Susannah's world.
(c) In Eddie's world.
(d) The center of six lines that connect the Twelve Portals.

8. What significant event happened to or will happen to Jake on May 9th as stated in Chapter 1?
(a) He will graduate from sixth grade.
(b) He will win a literary prize.
(c) He will die in Roland's world.
(d) He will be hit by a car.

9. From whom does Jake get a note in Chapter 20?
(a) Ms. Avery, his English Comp teacher.
(b) Eddie.
(c) Roland.
(d) Mr. Bissette, his French teacher.

10. What does Jake hope will happen each time he walks through a door?
(a) He will find his killer.
(b) He will return to Roland.
(c) He will regain his sanity.
(d) He will die.

11. What did Henry steal from the girl Maryanne in Chapter 21?
(a) Her movie ticket.
(b) Her tabloid paper.
(c) Her gum.
(d) Her purse.

12. Why does Roland believe he is going insane in Chapter1?
(a) He is having dreams of dual memories.
(b) He is not sleeping.
(c) He is hearing voices in his head.
(d) He is seeing people who are not there.

13. In Chapter 9, what do Roland and his friends realize the bear was?
(a) A mother bear.
(b) A robot.
(c) A phantom from another world.
(d) A toy.

14. Upon what books does Stephen King say he based the Dark Tower Series in the Introduction of this novel?
(a) Stephen Donaldson's The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant.
(b) J.R.R. Tolkein's Lord of the Rings.
(c) Disney's Mary Poppins.
(d) Terry Brooks' The Sword of Shannara.

15. What does Roland say in Chapter 14 he learned from Jake when he hypnotized him?
(a) The directions to the city of Lud.
(b) The directions to the Dark Tower.
(c) The details of Jake's life.
(d) The details of Jake's death.

Short Answer Questions

1. A poster of what actor in Chapter 20 reminds Jake of Roland?

2. Why does Jake turn on his father in Chapter 17?

3. Who is the boy in Jake's dream who tells him he is there to guide him?

4. For what company does Bob work in the story of Charlie the Choo-Choo as revealed in Chapter 22?

5. How old is Jake in Chapter 1?

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