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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. In the story told in Chapter 10 about Old Star and Old Mother, who was Cassiopeia?

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

3. What does Roland hope to find at the Great Portal as he tells Eddie and Susannah in Chapter 12?

4. Where does Roland claim he killed Jake in Chapter 13?

5. What comes out of the bear's nose each time it sneezes in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did Roland first meet Jake? How?

2. Why does Jake believe he might be going insane?

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

4. What impression does Jake get from the empty lot where Tom and Gerry's Artistic Deli once stood?

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

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

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

8. Who is Odetta Walker? Why does Susannah call her out in Chapter 23?

9. What does Roland believe the bear's purpose was?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss gunslingers. What is a gunslinger? What is Roland's role as a gunslinger? How is Roland's role different from the traditional idea of a gunslinger? How is it similar? Why do you suppose the author chose to make Roland a gunslinger? What does this say about Roland's adventures? How is Roland treated by the people he comes into contact with? What does this say about the role of gunslinger in Roland's world?

Essay Topic 2

Who leads Jake to the Mansion? How did Jake know to follow this person? What happens to Jake once he goes inside the Mansion? How does Jake lose the key? How does he get it back? What tries to stop Jake from crossing into Roland's world? Why? Who helps Jake survive his ordeal? Why does Jake want to go to Roland's world? What would have happened to him if he had not? What happens to Jake's family? Does Jake worry about this? What does the future hold for Jake?

Essay Topic 3

This novel is one in a series of novels about Roland and his ka-tet. Discuss in an essay how this novel might fit in with the other novels. Discuss back story presented at the beginning of the novel that helps the reader understand what happened in a previous novel. Discuss the cliffhanger ending of the book that leaves room for the next novel's plot. Discuss as well how this novel stands on its own, without the reader having prior knowledge of the novels that come before or after. Could a reader read this book out of order and still understand the point of the plot?

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