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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Roland hope to find at the Great Portal as he tells Eddie and Susannah in Chapter 12?
(a) Eddie's world.
(b) The Dark Tower.
(c) Directions to the Dark Tower.
(d) His family.

2. Who does Eddie believe he met just before Henry went into the army in the 1970s?
(a) Jake.
(b) Jack Mort.
(c) Roland.
(d) Walter.

3. Where does Eddie hide from the bear in Chapter 5?
(a) A ditch.
(b) A hut.
(c) A tent.
(d) A tree.

4. What does Roland tell Susannah protects the speaking ring?
(a) A guardian.
(b) A dwarf.
(c) A troll.
(d) A demon.

5. What is the Drawers according to Roland?
(a) Desolation or waste lands.
(b) Hope.
(c) Life.
(d) Pain and death.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Roland say the Great Old Ones were in Chapter 12?

2. What novel does the English Comp teacher ask her students to read over the summer in Chapter 3?

3. What rhythmic sound does Roland and his friends hear as they continue down the Great Road in Chapter 19?

4. Upon what books does Stephen King say he based the Dark Tower Series in the Introduction of this novel?

5. What does Susannah think the speaking ring looks like in Chapter 23?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Jake meet in his dreams in Chapter 3?

2. What noise causes Susannah and Roland to rush back to their camp?

3. What is the relationship between Roland, Susannah, and Eddie?

4. What is the contrast between The Piper School and Jake's mental difficulties?

5. Where does Roland tell Susannah to shoot the bear?

6. What are Eddie's options when he hears the bear crashing down trees and headed in his direction?

7. What makes Jake stop in a bookstore in Chapter 13? What does he buy there?

8. Where did Roland first meet Jake? How?

9. Who is Odetta Walker? Why does Susannah call her out in Chapter 23?

10. What road do Roland, Susannah, and Eddie find in Chapter 7? Where do they believe it will lead them?

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