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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 the boy in Chapter 3 warn Jake not to do?
(a) Fall off the ledge.
(b) Fall off the train.
(c) Step off the curb.
(d) Step on the robots.

2. Who are the Old People?
(a) Long gone people who once lived in Roland's world.
(b) Roland's ancestors.
(c) The people who live in nursing homes throughout Roland's world.
(d) The people who once tortured Susannah.

3. Where does Roland claim he killed Jake in Chapter 13?
(a) On the beach.
(b) In Jake's world.
(c) Under the mountains.
(d) In Eddie's world.

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

5. Why is Jake reluctant to leave the rose in Chapter 18?
(a) He wants to take it to his mother.
(b) He feels it is dangerous to him.
(c) He feels a need to protect it.
(d) He wants to gaze at its beauty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What marks does Jake find on his body in Chapter 4 that he believes happened in his dream?

2. Who was Gloria?

3. Where does Roland tell Susannah and Eddie he once met Jake in Chapter 14?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In a dream, Eddie walks to what location in New York City? What does he see there?

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

3. How does the demon help Jake enter Roland's world in Chapter 41?

4. What surprises Jake about the grade he receives on his Final Essay in English?

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

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

7. What terrible tragedy took place in Eddie's family that caused his mother to encourage Henry to be Eddie's constant guardian?

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

9. Who does Jake meet in Chapter 20? To where does Jake follow this character?

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

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