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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year did Jake die the first time?

2. What is it about this village and its inhabitants that makes Roland feel so comfortable?

3. What does Mia do in the night?

4. In "Dry Twist," what does Rosalita do for Roland?

5. Sitting around the camp, Eddie and Jake explain what to Roland?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part 2, Chapter 1, what does Roland feel when he arrives in Calla Bryn Sturgis?

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

3. The leader of the mysterious group following the ka-tet approaches the ka-tet and reveals the group's purpose. Who is this group and what is their purpose?

4. In Part 2, Chapter 3, how does Father Callahan come to recognize a certain type of fictional creature?

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

6. What type of person does Father Callahan appear to be?

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

8. How does Jake react to the newcomers?

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

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the significance of the setting (that of a Western movie) of this story, and how does that clash with Andy, the Wolves, and the Dogan? Use examples from the text to support your answers.

Essay Topic 2

What is the significance of women having the talent to throw the plate and the legend of the Lady Oriza?

Essay Topic 3

Roland, Father Callahan, and the ka-tet use the Unfound Door and the Doorway Cave to travel todash. What is the significance of doors in this story?

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