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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 did Henry steal from the girl Maryanne in Chapter 21?

2. What does Eddie draw in the dirt at the speaking ring in Chapter 25?

3. What is the Drawers according to Susannah?

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

5. What is written on the stone marker Jake sees in a dream in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does the demon help Jake enter Roland's world in Chapter 41?

5. Roland is distracted in the first chapter. What does he tell Susannah is causing this distraction?

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

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

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

9. What terrible tragedy took place in Eddie's family that caused his mother to encourage Henry to be Eddie's constant guardian?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

What is ka-tet? Who is a part of this ka-tet? Can each member of the ka-tet read one another's thoughts as Roland suggests they should? What is a palaver? Why does Roland insist that he and his friends participate in this tradition? What does it do to help the group? What does Roland learn during one of these palavers? What do the others learn about Roland during the palaver? Why does Roland refuse to talk about his past? Is Roland being hypocritical by refusing to talk about his own past while encouraging the others to talk about theirs?

Essay Topic 3

Who is Tick-Tock Man? What does he want from Jake? Why does he have Gasher kidnap Jake? What does Tick-Tock want Jake to give him as a gift? Who is Tick-Tock's father? What does that make Tick-Tock? Is Tick-Tock human? Is Tick-Tock a robot? How does the reader know? What would happen to the city if Tick-Tock got what he wanted? Is this helpful or harmful to Roland and his friends? Who shoots Tick-Tock? For what reason? Who offers to help Tick-Tock get revenge on Roland and his friends? What does this suggest for Roland and his friends' future?

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