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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Wolves: Chapter 4, The Pied Piper, Chapter 5, The Meeting of the Folken, and Chapter 6, Before the Storm.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Overholser approaches Roland at the gathering at the Pavillion, what does he tell Roland?
(a) That he strongly disagrees with Roland and the ka-tet trying to defeat the Wolves.
(b) That one of the men Roland asked to guard the children was ill and as such wouldn't be able to perform his guarding duties.
(c) That he thinks Roland and his ka-tet should leave, both for their own good and for the good of the village.
(d) That he thinks the children should be kept out in plain sight so that all can see where the Wolves will be heading when they come.

2. Why does Eddie start to read the paperwork the group is discussing in the storeroom?
(a) Eddie believes it has something to do with why he and Jake arrived at the store.
(b) The storeowner can't read the paperwork.
(c) Eddie wants to learn how to read.
(d) Eddie is nosy.

3. What is it about this village and its inhabitants that makes Roland feel so comfortable?
(a) He is comfortable no matter where he goes.
(b) He knows that everything will work out fine.
(c) They remind him of his own childhood and where he grew up; he is familiar with the songs and dances of the Calla.
(d) He has been to the Calla before.

4. Why does Eddie think that there is a reason he and Jake traveled to the bookstore?
(a) Roland sent them on this task, and he would not send them away without a clear reason.
(b) Eddie believes the store has something to do with the group that is following the ka-tet.
(c) Eddie recognizes some mobsters from his previous life, from before joining up with Roland.
(d) Jake told him there was a reason.

5. What does Jake's journey while asleep in Part 2 tell us about Jake?
(a) That he is able to go todash whenever he wants.
(b) That he is the only one who can defeat the Wolves.
(c) That he is the only member of the ka-tet that the people of the Calla will trust.
(d) That he is a very gifted mind-reader.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens weeks after the Wolves come to Calla Bryn Sturgis?

2. What does Roland propose to do with the village children when the Wolves come?

3. Why is the vacant lot important?

4. What is a main theme of this book by the end of Part 2, Chapter 6?

5. In Part 1, Chapter 7, who goes into the vacant lot to visit the rose?

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