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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. What is ka?

2. Where does Roland tell Susannah and Eddie he once met Jake in Chapter 14?

3. What is the name of the business Eddie visits in his dreams in Chapter 19?

4. What is the first thing Eddie sees in Chapter 17 as Walter's jawbone burns in the fire?

5. What does Eddie ask for guts to complete in Chapter 18?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What makes Jake stop in a bookstore in Chapter 13? What does he buy there?

3. What surprises Jake about the grade he receives on his Final Essay in English?

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

5. What happens to the Mansion as Jake attempts to enter Roland's world in Chapter 33?

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

7. Who does Roland talk of when he collapses after the death of the bear?

8. What does Eddie immediately notice is wrong with the bear?

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

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

Discuss one of the following relationships in detail:

1) Roland and Susannah

2) Roland and Eddie

3) Roland and Jake

4) Susannah and Eddie

5) Eddie and Henry.

Essay Topic 2

Who is Jake? What school does he go to? Why does Jake think he is going crazy? What does Jake write in the final days of school that he thinks is an example of his insanity? What does his teacher think of it? What does Jake take from his father's desk before he leaves home for good? Where does Jake go? For what reason? How does Jake cross over into Roland's world? Who helps him? For what reason?

Essay Topic 3

Who is Eddie? Why has Eddie not carved in wood for many years? What made him stop? What made him start again? Why is Eddie ashamed of his talents? What important item does Eddie carve upon Jake's arrival in Roland's world? Does this item work? What does this say about Eddie's talents? Does Eddie miss his hometown? For what reason? What is Eddie's relationship with his brother like? How has impacted his life?

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