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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 song does Eddie believe is the back beat they can hear playing in Lud in Chapter 4?

2. What building is Susannah reminded of in Chapter 21 as she follows Maud and Jeeves to the Cradle of Lud?

3. How far does Blaine travel as related in Chapter 4?

4. What does the man who visits Tick-Tock Man in Chapter 40 ask Tick-Tock Man to call him?

5. What warning does Maud give to Susannah in Chapter 25?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who is Gasher? What does he want?

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

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

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

8. How did Mercy lose her eyesight?

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

10. Why do Roland, Jake, Susannah, and Eddie suddenly find the book Charlie and the Choo-Choo so sinister in Chapters 23-24?

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

Who are Si and Mercy? Where did they come from? How does Roland feel about them? What do Roland and his friends learn about the city of Lud from these people? How does this information help Roland and his friends? How does it confirm something they already knew? What does Charlie and the Choo-Choo have to do with the city and the story Roland and his friends learn about it? Is this foreshadowing? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Who leads Jake to the Mansion? How did Jake know to follow this person? What happens to Jake once he goes inside the Mansion? How does Jake lose the key? How does he get it back? What tries to stop Jake from crossing into Roland's world? Why? Who helps Jake survive his ordeal? Why does Jake want to go to Roland's world? What would have happened to him if he had not? What happens to Jake's family? Does Jake worry about this? What does the future hold for Jake?

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