View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jake hope will happen each time he walks through a door?

2. Who is waiting for Jake in Chapter 17 when he arrives home?

3. What name does Jake call the rose in Chapter 18?

4. What does Susannah call the men who once tortured her as discussed in Chapter 1?

5. What is The Mansion?

Short Essay Questions

1. What causes Jake to become obsessed with doors?

2. Where did Roland first meet Jake? How?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Who does Roland talk of when he collapses after the death of the bear?

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

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?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss gunslingers. What is a gunslinger? What is Roland's role as a gunslinger? How is Roland's role different from the traditional idea of a gunslinger? How is it similar? Why do you suppose the author chose to make Roland a gunslinger? What does this say about Roland's adventures? How is Roland treated by the people he comes into contact with? What does this say about the role of gunslinger in Roland's world?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Roland's world to the New York of Jake's time. Compare and contrast the New York of Eddie's time with the New York of Jake's time. What differences are there? How are they similar? Why do you think the author chose to make New York City the home of Jake, Eddie, and Susannah? How different is that city to each of the three characters? Do you think the setting of New York City will be important to the developing plot? Explain.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 892 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample