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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Roland does not tell anyone in the ka-tet what he knows about Mia because _______________.
(a) He doesn't know anything about Mia.
(b) He doesn't want to scare Jake.
(c) He isn't sure of his suspicions.
(d) He doesn't want to upset Susannah or explain the reality of the situation to Eddie.

2. For what does Tian use Tia?
(a) Plowing the field.
(b) Pulling weeds in the garden.
(c) Milking the cows.
(d) Watching the children.

3. 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.

4. Who is Andy?
(a) A robot.
(b) A father of a child in the community.
(c) A child in the community.
(d) The gunslinger.

5. At the beginning of Part 2, where do Roland and his ka-tet ride?
(a) To Manhattan.
(b) To Calla Bryn Sturgis.
(c) To Candleton.
(d) Home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Roland suspect about his body when he wakes up the first morning in the village?

2. What is different about the bowling alley's name?

3. If Roland's suspicions about his body are correct, what is he afraid of?

4. What is more common in the Callas than anywhere else?

5. When the Wolves come to the community, what do they take with them?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Roland and his ka-tet begin to gain the confidence of the people of Calla Bryn Sturgis in Part 2, Chapter 1?

2. What is an outstanding theme already developing ?

3. At the end of Part 1, Chapter 2 Eddie hears chimes while he is reading the paper the mobsters and the store owner are discussing. Is this significant?

4. How does Jake react to the newcomers?

5. Why does Roland demonstrate the ka-tet's abilities to the group from the Calla in Part 1, Chapter 6?

6. In Part 2, Chapter 2, "Dry Twist," what affliction does Roland reveal to readers and why is it a cause for concern?

7. The night that the group meets the Calla villagers, the entire ka-tet goes todash to Manhattan. What is different about Susannah there, and why is that important?

8. Why was it important for Eddie to make the first trip to 1977 Manhattan?

9. What does Jake grab off of the ground when they are at the vacant lot?

10. When the group arrives back at Father Callahan and company's camp, whom do they all see preparing the meal?

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