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

2. How does Roland give Jake instructions in Chapter 28?
(a) Phone.
(b) Notes.
(c) Telepathy.
(d) Oy.

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

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

5. What does Tick-Tock Man want the computers for, as he admits in Chapter 31?
(a) To take over the world.
(b) To work for him so he can control Lud.
(c) To stop them from playing the drum back beat.
(d) To kill everyone in Lud.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eddie believe caused the crash?

2. What does Roland mistake the plane crash for in Chapter 1?

3. Who is Blaine?

4. What is the old woman afraid Roland and his friends are in Chapter 4?

5. What does Tick-Tock Man want Jake to give him as a gift?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Blaine demand of Eddie and Susannah in Chapter 30 before he will agree to transport Roland and the ka-tet?

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

4. What happens to Roland in Chapters 19 and 23 as he navigates his way through the garbage maze to save Jake?

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

6. What is the reaction of the people of River Crossing when they learn Roland is a gunslinger?

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

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

9. How does Roland get into the room to rescue Jake in Chapter 34?

10. What does the ending of the book say about the future of these characters?

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