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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The night before the battle with the Wolves at the gathering at the Pavillion, what is the mood like?
(a) Jovial and happy.
(b) Lighthearted, but with very little laughter out loud.
(c) Somber and quiet.
(d) Subdued, but with an air of celebration.

2. When Overholser approaches Roland at the gathering at the Pavillion, what does he tell Roland?
(a) 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.
(b) 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.
(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 strongly disagrees with Roland and the ka-tet trying to defeat the Wolves.

3. With what were the mobsters threatening Calvin Tower?
(a) They claimed they would kill him.
(b) One of them said he would make false accusations to the police against Calvin.
(c) They said that they would burn down his shop.
(d) They told him that they would burn his rare book collection.

4. What does Roland do when Father Callahan leaves?
(a) He sets off for the vacant lot to see if the rose is still there and if there have been any changes to it.
(b) He goes out to a restaurant to eat.
(c) He starts to look for the bowling alley advertised on the bag that contains Black Thirteen.
(d) He goes through the bookstore and finds a book he feels will be important later on; he then turns the book upside down so that he can locate it easily later.

5. When Callahan starts seeing the lost pet posters again, what does he do?
(a) He moves on.
(b) He calls the number on them.
(c) He covers them up.
(d) He tears them down.

6. When Eddie wakes at the beginning of Part 2, Chapter 7, what does he find?
(a) The Jafford children staring at him.
(b) Tia and Tian waiting for him to wake.
(c) Susannah is gone.
(d) He is in another time and place than when he went to sleep.

7. When Roland and Jake get to the Jafford farm, what does Roland speak to Zalia about?
(a) Showing Susannah how to throw plates.
(b) Watching Jake while the rest of the ka-tet fights the Wolves.
(c) Her leaving Tian.
(d) Helping Susannah with her pregnancy.

8. What does Eddie convince Calvin to do?
(a) Leave town.
(b) Sell his rare book collection.
(c) Sell his bookstore.
(d) Join the ka-tet.

9. After dinner in Part 2 Chapter 9, what does Callahan do?
(a) He gives Roland the key to the Dark Tower.
(b) He gives a moving sermon about strength and courage.
(c) He finishes telling his story.
(d) He goes to bed.

10. What does Susannah become acutely aware of in Part 3, Chapter 6?
(a) That she is losing more and more time, and that the delivery of the demon baby is very close.
(b) That the Wolves will be coming sooner than expected.
(c) That she is exceptionally good at throwing the plate.
(d) That she no longer loves Eddie.

11. What does Jake ask of Roland in Part 3, Chapter 4?
(a) If Roland will go todash one more time so that he can relive the last day of his previous life one more time before they continue on their journey.
(b) Jake asks Roland to promise him he will not shoot and kill Mr. Slightman.
(c) That if the ka-tet defeats the Wolves, Roland will allow Jake to stay behind with Benny while the rest of the ka-tet travels on to locate the Dark Tower.
(d) Jake asks Roland that if Susannah has her baby before they fight the Wolves to stay with her and help her care for it.

12. Where is Jake led to after waking in Part 2, Chapter 7?
(a) To the edge of a river that separates Calla Bryn Sturgis from Thunderclap.
(b) To Thunderclap.
(c) Todash, to a new place he has never been to.
(d) Back to Manhattan, to the vacant lot.

13. What does Jamie know about the Wolves?
(a) He knows who controls the Wolves and why they come.
(b) He knows what the Wolves do with the children.
(c) That when he was younger, he and his friends fought the Wolves, and the Wolves killed all of his friends; but first, one of the girls in the group threw a plate at a Wolf's head and chopped it off, and that is when Jamie saw what was underneath the Wolf's mask.
(d) He knows that they cannot be killed, even by a silver bullet.

14. Why is throwing the plates so important?
(a) Because if women don't continue to throw the plate, all of the Calla's crops will die.
(b) Because it is a way for Roland and the ka-tet to make up for missing firepower.
(c) Because it is an ancient tradition that needs to be continued.
(d) Because it gives the women a place in the story.

15. While Callahan is living in New Jersey, what does he notice about his surroundings?
(a) That worlds shift around him.
(b) That he is sleeping too much.
(c) That day and night are reversed.
(d) That he is an alcoholic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What idea does Mrs. Eisenhart inspire in Roland?

2. What does Jake feel guilty about?

3. In Part 2, Chapter 8, why doesn't Jake tell Roland what he saw?

4. What does Jake see when he arrives at the location he is led to?

5. What is Roland's response to Eddie's thoughts about Mr. Slightman being corrupt?

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