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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 password Gasher has Jake read from a piece of paper in Chapter 25?

2. Who does Little Blaine say he is in Chapter 27?

3. What warning does Maud give to Susannah in Chapter 25?

4. What does Susannah believe the speakers broadcasting the drum back beat were originally used for?

5. Who bursts into the bunker and attacks Tick-Tock Man in Chapter 31?

Short Essay Questions

1. What weakness does Jake discover in Gasher's personality in Chapter 25?

2. What is the reaction of the people of River Crossing when they learn Roland is a gunslinger?

3. What do Eddie and Susannah learn about Blaine in Chapter 27?

4. What surprising things does Roland learn about Oy in Chapter 29?

5. Why do Roland, Jake, Susannah, and Eddie suddenly find the book Charlie and the Choo-Choo so sinister in Chapters 23-24?

6. What are the most striking differences between the city of Lud and the underground bunker?

7. In Chapters 5-6, what happens to Blaine's cabin walls? For what reason?

8. What does the ending of the book say about the future of these characters?

9. What happens to Roland in Chapters 19 and 23 as he navigates his way through the garbage maze to save Jake?

10. How does Roland get into the room to rescue Jake in Chapter 34?

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 is Jake? What school does he go to? Why does Jake think he is going crazy? What does Jake write in the final days of school that he thinks is an example of his insanity? What does his teacher think of it? What does Jake take from his father's desk before he leaves home for good? Where does Jake go? For what reason? How does Jake cross over into Roland's world? Who helps him? For what reason?

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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