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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 story does Eddie want Roland to tell in Chapter 6?
(a) The history of gunslingers.
(b) The myth of the Dark Tower.
(c) The story of Walter.
(d) The beginning, starting with Gilead.

2. Whose voice does Mercy claim to enjoy listening to in Chapter 12?
(a) Eddie's.
(b) Jake's.
(c) Roland's.
(d) Si's.

3. Who does the guy Eddie shoots in Chapter 21 look like to Susannah?
(a) Ronald McDonald.
(b) Bozo the Clown.
(c) Clarabell the Clown.
(d) Mr. Noodle.

4. How does Eddie prove to Big Blaine who he is and where he came from in Chapter 27?
(a) By showing his driver's license.
(b) By listing the landmarks in New York.
(c) By listing the names of his ka-tet.
(d) By showing his Ruger.

5. What does Susannah think in Chapter 3 made Roland turn inward on himself?
(a) The Big Bomb.
(b) The Big Empty.
(c) The Big War.
(d) The Big Depression.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a monorail?

2. How can Blaine tell when Eddie or Susannah are lying to him?

3. What conclusion does Jake come to about Blaine during his dream in Chapter 16?

4. How do Susannah and Eddie chose which way to go in the city of Lud on Chapter 18?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jake dream in chapter 16? What impression is he left with afterward?

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

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

4. What weakness does Jake discover in Gasher's personality in Chapter 25?

5. How did Mercy lose her eyesight?

6. In Chapters 5-6, what happens to Blaine's cabin walls? For what reason?

7. What is significant about the drum beat that Roland and his ka-tet have been able to hear for days since beginning their approach to Lud? What becomes apparent about the purpose of this drum beat?

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

9. What do Jake's actions in Chapters 32-34 say about his character?

10. Who is Gasher? What does he want?

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