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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. Why does Roland call Susannah Odetta in Chapter 1?

2. How much older than he is Eddie's brother?

3. A poster of what actor in Chapter 20 reminds Jake of Roland?

4. Why does the author capitalize the phrase, Watch Out for Eddie repeatedly in Chapter 3?

5. What is the name of the bookstore Jake visits in Chapters 12-13?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What makes Jake stop in a bookstore in Chapter 13? What does he buy there?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the Beams? How are they going to lead Roland and his friends to the Dark Tower? What is the Dark Tower? What will happen when Roland and his friends reach the Dark Tower? How is Jake following the Beams while still in his own world? Does he know he is following the Beams? How does Roland know about the Beams? Where did Roland learn much of what he knows about the Dark Tower? Why will Roland not share his past with his friends? Is Roland trying to hide something? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

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?

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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