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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 waiting for Jake in Chapter 17 when he arrives home?

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

3. What famous animal does Eddie compare Mir to when he first sees it in Chapter 5?

4. What does Eddie believe the Twelve Portals are?

5. Why does Roland believe he is going insane in Chapter1?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How many things happen to Jake in Chapters 16-23 that also happened in Roland's world?

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

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

10. What is important about the jawbone Roland has carried with him since his meeting with Jake?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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