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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 does Little Blaine say he is in Chapter 27?

2. Why does Roland put a leash on Oy in Chapter 23?

3. Who falls over the edge of the bridge in Chapter 12?

4. What do Roland and his friends find in Chapter 5?

5. How much time is left when Susannah begins entering the combination to open Blaine gate in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is significant about the airplane Roland and his ka-tet find in Chapter 1?

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does Blaine tell Roland and his ka-tet is the reason he has decided to end his existence?

10. What does Roland tell his friends about the ka-tet in Chapter 19? What does Eddie realize after he hears this information?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

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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