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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 marks does Jake find on his body in Chapter 4 that he believes happened in his dream?

2. What is the Drawers according to Susannah?

3. Why does Eddie decide he could never be better at anything than Henry in Chapter 3?

4. What other memory does Roland talk of having about Jake in Chapter 13?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In a dream, Eddie walks to what location in New York City? What does he see there?

3. How does finding the bear help Roland find a way to find the Dark Tower?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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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