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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 the Drawers according to Roland?

2. What is ka?

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

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

5. Who is Mrs. Shaw?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What causes Jake to become obsessed with doors?

3. Who does Jake meet in Chapter 20? To where does Jake follow this character?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Why does Roland suffer from dual memories? What does this mean? What is the difference between Roland's two sets of memory? Who else suffers from dual memories? What does this say about this character's relationship with Roland? Which reality is true? Why are there more than one reality? Does the author ever fully explain these dual memories? What effect do these memories on the two characters who experience them? How do they learn to cope?

Essay Topic 3

Who is Roland? Why is he teaching Susannah to shoot a gun? Is Roland cruel when he makes Susannah think of her past to make her angry enough to shoot straight? Why can Roland not shoot a gun? What happened to Roland? When? What is Roland's mission? Where is he going? For what reason? What will happen when he get there? How does he plan to get there?

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