View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Roland and his friends find in the cockpit of the plane in Chapter 1?
(a) The mummified remains of Jack Mort.
(b) The mummified remains of Walter.
(c) The mummified remains of David Quick.
(d) The mummified remains of Andrew Quick.

2. What does Tick-Tock Man want Jake to give him as a gift?
(a) His books.
(b) His Seiko.
(c) His pack.
(d) His gun.

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

4. What does Eddie see that he thinks is Blaine in Chapter 6?
(a) A exploded train.
(b) A derailed train.
(c) A dead man.
(d) A broken monorail.

5. Why does Jake begin to cry at the end of Chapter 13?
(a) He is afraid of what lies ahead.
(b) He is tired and crabby.
(c) He wants to stay with Aunt Talitha whom he sees as a mother figure.
(d) He does not want to leave the people of River Crossing.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what way did Tick-Tock Man kill the laughing woman?

2. How does Susannah believe the people of River Crossing look at Roland in Chapter 13?

3. Who figures out the answer to Blaine's riddle in Chapter 3?

4. How many miles will Blaine go before he reaches the end of his track?

5. What contest does Roland's ka-tet and Blaine enter into in the final pages of the novel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Bill and Till tell Roland and his ka-tet about the large city of Lud?

2. What does Susannah notice in the city in Chapter 18? What were they used for?

3. How does Roland communicate with Jake in Chapter 31?

4. What does Blaine tell Roland and his ka-tet is the reason he has decided to end his existence?

5. Who reports he once saw the train called Blaine in Lud? What did he see?

6. How do Susannah and Eddie finally reach Blaine's cradle in Chapter 24?

7. Why do Roland, Jake, Susannah, and Eddie suddenly find the book Charlie and the Choo-Choo so sinister in Chapters 23-24?

8. How did Mercy lose her eyesight?

9. What surprising things does Roland learn about Oy in Chapter 29?

10. What is significant about the airplane Roland and his ka-tet find in Chapter 1?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 877 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample