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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 game is Eldred Jonas playing at the Coral Thorin?

2. What is the title of the interlude?

3. What is Herk Avery's position in town?

4. What does Alain pick from Roland's shoulder?

5. What word is Roland surprised that Susan knows?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Cuthbert make Roland see his mistake?

2. What do the ranchers and Rimer talk about in the Traveller's Rest?

3. What major turn of events occurs in this section?

4. How does Susan please Rhea in this section?

5. What does Susan want to do to her aunt when she sees her sitting in her rocker?

6. How does the mayor disgust Susan in this section?

7. What does Jonas do in the boys' bunrkoom in this section?

8. How do the Gunslingers deal with Rhea in this section?

9. What worries Jonas about the gunslingers in Chapter 3, Part 3?

10. How did Roland kill his mother?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How would you describe mid-earth? What similarities does mid-earth have with other fantasy worlds? What similarities does mid-earth have with earth? How can a fantasy writer create a world that a reader can still relate to?

Essay Topic 2

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the period? How does the author use character and setting to express these themes?

Essay Topic 3

1. How does the death of Susan's father affect Susan?

2. How would Susan's live have been different if her was not murdered?

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