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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 is Patricia?

2. What is a monorail?

3. What does Oy tell Roland in Chapter 29 about the people in the room?

4. What do the people of River Crossing line up to do before Roland in Chapter 13?

5. Who claims to have heard a sonic boom after seeing Blaine running in Lud in Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Bill and Till tell Roland and his ka-tet about the large city of Lud?

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

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

4. Who is Gasher? What does he want?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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 Tick-Tock Man? What does he want from Jake? Why does he have Gasher kidnap Jake? What does Tick-Tock want Jake to give him as a gift? Who is Tick-Tock's father? What does that make Tick-Tock? Is Tick-Tock human? Is Tick-Tock a robot? How does the reader know? What would happen to the city if Tick-Tock got what he wanted? Is this helpful or harmful to Roland and his friends? Who shoots Tick-Tock? For what reason? Who offers to help Tick-Tock get revenge on Roland and his friends? What does this suggest for Roland and his friends' future?

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