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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. Who is the boy in Jake's dream who tells him he is there to guide him?
(a) Walter.
(b) Henry.
(c) Roland.
(d) Eddie.

2. Who is waiting for Jake in Chapter 17 when he arrives home?
(a) His French teacher.
(b) The housekeeper.
(c) His mother.
(d) His father.

3. What game did Henry teach Eddie to play as he tells the reader in Chapter 3?
(a) Baseball.
(b) Soccer.
(c) Basketball.
(d) Football.

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

5. 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) Terry Brooks' The Sword of Shannara.
(d) Disney's Mary Poppins.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has Jake been fighting the rising madness inside him as stated in Chapter 1?

2. Who does Eddie believe he met just before Henry went into the army in the 1970s?

3. Where is the Great Portal?

4. What game are Eddie and Henry playing in Chapter 22?

5. What does Roland tell Susannah protects the speaking ring?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Eddie once stop carving objects out of wood?

2. Where did Roland first meet Jake? How?

3. Why does Jake leave his family's home? What of his father's does he take?

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

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

6. Roland is distracted in the first chapter. What does he tell Susannah is causing this distraction?

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

8. What impression does Jake get from the empty lot where Tom and Gerry's Artistic Deli once stood?

9. What is important about the jawbone Roland has carried with him since his meeting with Jake?

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

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