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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the ka-tet travel back with the group from the Calla to their camp for lunch, who is cooking the meal?
(a) Andy.
(b) Tia.
(c) Oy.
(d) Mia.

2. What trail are the main characters following to reach their destination?
(a) The Path of the Beam.
(b) They aren't following any trail.
(c) An old hiker's trail.
(d) A map Eddie has.

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

4. Who are the others that come with the stranger?
(a) Tian and Zalia Jaffords, Ben and Benny Slightman, and Wayne Overholser.
(b) Beverly, Sheriff Bannerman, and Johnny.
(c) Mia, Oy, Nort, and Trashcan Man.
(d) Jack, Wendy, and Tom Gordon.

5. At the beginning of Part 1, Chapter 3, when Roland wakes, he finds ___________________.
(a) Jake telling a story.
(b) Eddie reading a book.
(c) Susannah walking to a swamp.
(d) Andy cooking breakfast.

6. How do Jake and Eddie travel away from Roland?
(a) They take an airplane.
(b) They get a car.
(c) They go to sleep and wake up in a new place and time.
(d) They separate from Roland and set off on foot.

7. At the party in Part 2,. Chapter 1, after the introductions and dinner and after the members of the ka-tet have had a chance to talk with the people, what does Roland do?
(a) He tells a series of knock-knock jokes to the crowd.
(b) He sings his favorite Frank Sinatra song.
(c) He gets on the stage and asks the crowd two questions.
(d) He gives square dancing calls to the crowd while the band plays.

8. Sitting around the camp, Eddie and Jake explain what to Roland?
(a) That they don't want to be part of Roland's ka-tet any longer.
(b) What they think the ka-tet should do next.
(c) Their feelings about the journey.
(d) Their travels to the other world.

9. What does Eddie notice about the stranger immediately?
(a) That he is there to help the ka-tet.
(b) That he is a spy.
(c) That he is an imposter.
(d) That the stranger is from Eddie, Jake, and Susannah's world.

10. What is it about this village and its inhabitants that makes Roland feel so comfortable?
(a) He has been to the Calla before.
(b) He is comfortable no matter where he goes.
(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 knows that everything will work out fine.

11. Which member of the ka-tet believes that the people following the group WILL NOT cause problems?
(a) Nort.
(b) Jake.
(c) Eddie.
(d) Roland.

12. What is the name of the man who owns the second-hand bookstore?
(a) The Walkin' Dude.
(b) Susan Delgado.
(c) Calvin Tower.
(d) Oy the billy-bumbler.

13. Out of the others that come with the stranger, why does the large landowner dominate the conversation and ask so many questions?
(a) Because he does not trust Roland and his ka-tet.
(b) Because he believes the Wolves mean the village no harm.
(c) Because he does not think Roland is really a gunslinger from the house of Eld, as he claims.
(d) Because he believes the sacrifice of the village's children will bring them all a bountiful harvest, and he does not want anyone to interfere with the Wolves.

14. Why is the second-hand bookstore so important?
(a) The bookstore building is the Dark Tower.
(b) The owner is Jake's father.
(c) The owner is the Dark Tower's innkeeper.
(d) Jake bought some books there in his previous life that proved useful to Roland and the ka-tet during their journeys.

15. What is different about the bowling alley's name?
(a) It has changed from Mid-Town to Mid-World.
(b) A bowling alley by that name doesn't exist.
(c) It has nineteen letters in it.
(d) It is written in an unrecognizable language.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mia do in the night?

2. What is peculiar about the author of Charlie and the Choo-Choo?

3. Whom is Roland trying to impress by showing his ka-tet's abilities?

4. Why does Roland decide to help the people of Calla Bryn Sturgis?

5. What does Susannah see at the vacant lot that frightens her?

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