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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 does Susannah think in Chapter 3 made Roland turn inward on himself?

2. Why does Roland insist they must split up in Chapter 15?

3. What does Roland ask Aunt Talitha to do for him and his friends in Chapter 13?

4. What is graf?

5. How does Blaine explain in Chapter 5 the images Roland and his friends are able to see, as though the train's walls have vanished?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Susannah notice in the city in Chapter 18? What were they used for?

2. What does Jake dream in chapter 16? What impression is he left with afterward?

3. What does Jake believe is the purpose of Blaine in their quest? What does Eddie see that places this purpose in jeopardy?

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

5. What wakes Jake four days after he comes to Roland's world?

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

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

8. What do Jake's actions in Chapters 32-34 say about his character?

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

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

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 2

Why does Eddie carve a key out of wood? What is the purpose of this key? Does Eddie understand the importance of the key when he first begins carving it? How does this key compare to the one Jake has in his world? What does the key do for Jake when he holds it? Does this work for Roland? Why or why not? What does this key open? Does it work the first time Eddie uses it? What happens? What might have happened if Eddie had not carved the key?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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