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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much time is left when Susannah begins entering the combination to open Blaine gate in Chapter 3?
(a) Five minutes.
(b) Fifty seconds.
(c) Three minutes.
(d) Ten seconds.

2. What does Eddie believe caused the crash?
(a) The plane was hit with lightning.
(b) The plane was hit by gunfire.
(c) The plane ran out of gas.
(d) The plane ran into a storm.

3. What contest does Roland's ka-tet and Blaine enter into in the final pages of the novel?
(a) A spelling contest.
(b) A riddle contest.
(c) A singing contest.
(d) A mathmatic contest.

4. What movie does Jake recall watching as he descends deeper under the city of Lud in Chapter 25?
(a) Catch-22.
(b) Robocop.
(c) Lord of the Flies.
(d) Journey to the Center of the Earth.

5. Where did Eddie and Roland get the Keflex pills they give to Jake in Chapter 1?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Gilead.
(c) Chicago.
(d) New York.

6. What is the purple cloud Jake and the others can see covering the city in Chapter 6?
(a) Fog.
(b) The poisonous gas.
(c) Acid rain.
(d) Rain clouds.

7. What does Roland mistake the plane crash for in Chapter 1?
(a) A coffin.
(b) A big bird.
(c) A downed building.
(d) A car crash.

8. What does Susannah believe the speakers broadcasting the drum back beat were originally used for?
(a) Music for festivals.
(b) Entertainment.
(c) Announcements and propoganda during the war.
(d) Crowd control.

9. What conclusion does Jake come to about Blaine during his dream in Chapter 16?
(a) He is the truth, he is danger.
(b) He is a pain and a danger.
(c) He is harmless.
(d) He is lonely.

10. Who does Little Blaine say he is in Chapter 27?
(a) The creator of the machines.
(b) The one left behind in rooms of ruin and halls of the dead.
(c) The unforgotten.
(d) The ghost inside the machines.

11. Who bursts into the bunker and attacks Tick-Tock Man in Chapter 31?
(a) Gasher.
(b) Roland.
(c) Eddie.
(d) Oy.

12. What is the password Gasher has Jake read from a piece of paper in Chapter 25?
(a) Plank.
(b) Peg leg.
(c) Beautiful.
(d) Bountiful.

13. How far does Blaine travel as related in Chapter 4?
(a) Only to River Crossing.
(b) Only to Topeka.
(c) Only to the outskirts of Kansas City.
(d) Only to the far side of the Waste Land.

14. Who is Blaine?
(a) The train mechanic in Lud.
(b) A train that runs northeast through Lud.
(c) The train conductor in Lud.
(d) A train that runs southeast through Lud.

15. What does the billy-bumbler in Chapter 1 say in response to Jake's question, How are you?
(a) Ug.
(b) Fine.
(c) Oy.
(d) Good.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Roland and his friends find in the cockpit of the plane in Chapter 1?

2. What does the man who visits Tick-Tock Man in Chapter 40 ask Tick-Tock Man to call him?

3. How do Susannah and Eddie chose which way to go in the city of Lud on Chapter 18?

4. What does Roland call the bison like animals that Jake sees in Chapter 2?

5. What story does Eddie want Roland to tell in Chapter 6?

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