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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose voice does Eddie hear in his head as he carves in Chapter 3?

2. What was Eddie's drug of choice in his life in 1980's New York?

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

4. Why is Jake reluctant to leave the rose in Chapter 18?

5. Why does Jake turn on his father in Chapter 17?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is cruel about the way Roland inspires Susannah to learn to shoot properly?

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

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

5. How does finding the bear help Roland find a way to find the Dark Tower?

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

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

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

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

10. What advice does Jake give someone to quiet the voices in his head? How does Jake do this?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who are Si and Mercy? Where did they come from? How does Roland feel about them? What do Roland and his friends learn about the city of Lud from these people? How does this information help Roland and his friends? How does it confirm something they already knew? What does Charlie and the Choo-Choo have to do with the city and the story Roland and his friends learn about it? Is this foreshadowing? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Why does Eddie carve a key out of wood? What is the purpose of this key? Does Eddie understand the importance of the key when he first begins carving it? How does this key compare to the one Jake has in his world? What does the key do for Jake when he holds it? Does this work for Roland? Why or why not? What does this key open? Does it work the first time Eddie uses it? What happens? What might have happened if Eddie had not carved the key?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the use of one of the following style tools in the novel in detail, using examples from the novel to support your conclusions:

1) Metaphor

2) Simile

3) Symbolism

4) Lesson.

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