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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. Who is first to hear the approaching bear as described in Chapter 5?

2. What game did Henry teach Eddie to play as he tells the reader in Chapter 3?

3. What does Jake realize in Chapter 4 is the answer to Aaron Deepneau's riddle?

4. Why does Roland build a fire in Chapter 17?

5. Why does Jake follow the two boys in Chapter 22, Henry and Eddie?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Roland, Susannah, and Eddie find as they trace the path of the bear?

2. What fear haunts Eddie all through Chapters 7-15?

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

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

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

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

7. What noise causes Susannah and Roland to rush back to their camp?

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

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

10. What is the contrast between The Piper School and Jake's mental difficulties?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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