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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 did Roland allow Gasher to take Jake as he explains it to Eddie in Chapter 15?

2. How does Susannah believe the people of River Crossing look at Roland in Chapter 13?

3. Whose voice does Mercy claim to enjoy listening to in Chapter 12?

4. Where did Eddie and Roland get the Keflex pills they give to Jake in Chapter 1?

5. What type of computers does Tick-Tock Man ask Jake about in Chapter 31?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Where does Gasher take Jake?

4. What does Jake believe Blaine, whom he has constantly seen as a danger, plans to do in Chapter 8?

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

6. How does Roland communicate with Jake in Chapter 31?

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

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

9. What does Blaine demand of Eddie and Susannah in Chapter 30 before he will agree to transport Roland and the ka-tet?

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

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 Eddie? Why has Eddie not carved in wood for many years? What made him stop? What made him start again? Why is Eddie ashamed of his talents? What important item does Eddie carve upon Jake's arrival in Roland's world? Does this item work? What does this say about Eddie's talents? Does Eddie miss his hometown? For what reason? What is Eddie's relationship with his brother like? How has impacted his life?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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