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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. What does the stranger tell the ka-tet?
(a) That there is a horrible storm coming and they must seek adequate shelter.
(b) That the group that is following the ka-tet is dangerous.
(c) That he is dying and needs their help.
(d) That the village of Calla Bryn Sturgis needs the gunslinger's help.

2. What is the object Jake picks up off the ground by the vacant lot?
(a) A map of Jake's world.
(b) A letter.
(c) The rose.
(d) A bag for a bowling ball.

3. What is peculiar about the author of Charlie and the Choo-Choo?
(a) There is no author's name on the book anymore.
(b) They don't know who the author is.
(c) That the author's name has changed and that the new name contains nineteen letters.
(d) They know who the author is.

4. During his time with the people of the village, what does Roland NOT do?
(a) Dance.
(b) Remember his own childhood.
(c) Sing.
(d) Ask the people the most important question, the one that will bind him and his ka-tet to helping the village of Calla Bryn Sturgis.

5. What is more common in the Callas than anywhere else?
(a) Singleton births.
(b) Babies with black hair and black eyes.
(c) Twin births.
(d) Babies with blonde hair and green eyes.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Jake spend the night in Part 2, Chapter 1?

3. What is the name of the community that the Wolves come to each generation?

4. What are the vagrant dead?

5. Roland does not tell anyone in the ka-tet what he knows about Mia because _______________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are the Wolves stealing Calla Bryn Sturgis' children?

2. Why does Roland tell Jake to spend the night with Benny Slightman?

3. Once the children of Calla Bryn Sturgis are returned after being abducted by the Wolves, what are they like?

4. Why is the vacant lot so important?

5. What type of a person does Wayne Overholser appear to be?

6. 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?

7. What is Tian's motivation for bringing the community together and suggesting that the entire village stand up and fight against the Wolves?

8. What is the significance of Eddie and Jake traveling back to Manhattan in the year 1977?

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

10. What does Roland tell Eddie at the end of Part 2, Chapter 2, about Susannah?

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