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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. Who claims to have heard a sonic boom after seeing Blaine running in Lud in Chapter 11?
2. Why does Blaine say he wants to kill himself in Chapter 9?
3. Why does Roland insist they must split up in Chapter 15?
4. Who is Patricia?
5. What does Tick-Tock Man want Jake to give him as a gift?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why do Roland, Jake, Susannah, and Eddie suddenly find the book Charlie and the Choo-Choo so sinister in Chapters 23-24?
2. What does Jake dream in chapter 16? What impression is he left with afterward?
3. What weakness does Jake discover in Gasher's personality in Chapter 25?
4. How do Susannah and Eddie finally reach Blaine's cradle in Chapter 24?
5. Where does Gasher take Jake?
6. What is significant about the drum beat that Roland and his ka-tet have been able to hear for days since beginning their approach to Lud? What becomes apparent about the purpose of this drum beat?
7. What surprising things does Roland learn about Oy in Chapter 29?
8. Who reports he once saw the train called Blaine in Lud? What did he see?
9. What do Jake's actions in Chapters 32-34 say about his character?
10. What do Bill and Till tell Roland and his ka-tet about the large city of Lud?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Who is Susannah? What caused her to need a wheelchair? Who is she married to? Why does Susannah have difficulty learning to fire a gun? What does Roland do to make her shoot the gun? Who is Odetta? How did Susannah come to share her mind with Odetta? What does Odetta do to help Susannah and the others? What does this say about Odetta's character? What does it say about Susannah that she allows Odetta to share her mind?
Essay Topic 2
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 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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