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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 causes Rhea's ball to go blank?

2. Where does Sheemie Ruiz spill alcohol?

3. Where does Susan imagine herself and Roland lying together with their foreheads touching?

4. What does Mayor Thorin buy for Susan in this section?

5. What does Mayor Thorin's cultured political voice suddenly change to?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Farson's plan to deal with the gunslingers?

2. How do Sheemie and Olive free Susan?

3. How does Susan find out her father's death was no accident?

4. Why are Cuthbert and Alain worried about Roland?

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

6. How do the ranchers and the Big Coffin Hunters deal with Susan in this section?

7. How do the Gunslingers force Farson's men into the thinny?

8. Why is Cuthbert jealous of Roland?

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

10. What does Roland write in the message he sends home?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How accurate is Stephen King's representation of American town life? How does he use the story and character to create his representation?

Essay Topic 2

Compare King's mid-earth to our own world.

1. What are the differences between mid-earth and earth?

2. How does King create a fantasy wile still allowing the readers to connect with it and its inhabitants?

3. How do you think you would survive in mid-earth?

Essay Topic 3

How does King use popular culture in the book? How does he create new meaning from the elements of popular culture he uses? How does he use the story and character to create his representation?

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