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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 is Jake reluctant to leave the rose in Chapter 18?

2. Where is the Great Portal?

3. What did Henry steal from the girl Maryanne in Chapter 21?

4. Where does Roland tell Susannah and Eddie he once met Jake in Chapter 14?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is cruel about the way Roland inspires Susannah to learn to shoot properly?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Roland is distracted in the first chapter. What does he tell Susannah is causing this distraction?

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

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

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

Who is Tick-Tock Man? What does he want from Jake? Why does he have Gasher kidnap Jake? What does Tick-Tock want Jake to give him as a gift? Who is Tick-Tock's father? What does that make Tick-Tock? Is Tick-Tock human? Is Tick-Tock a robot? How does the reader know? What would happen to the city if Tick-Tock got what he wanted? Is this helpful or harmful to Roland and his friends? Who shoots Tick-Tock? For what reason? Who offers to help Tick-Tock get revenge on Roland and his friends? What does this suggest for Roland and his friends' future?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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