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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the man in black do to Nort who lies across the tables?
(a) He spits in his face.
(b) He pours whiskey in his face.
(c) He stuffs devil grass in his mouth.
(d) He lunges across Nort's body, howling.

2. Where did Sylvia come from when she arrived in town?
(a) She came from the desert.
(b) She came from the forest.
(c) She came from the crazies.
(d) She came from the mountains.

3. What does Kennerly tell Soobie to do when the gunslinger arrives?
(a) Get the mule.
(b) Make some food.
(c) Get inside.
(d) Get the gunslinger a drink.

4. Where does Sylvia Pittston live?
(a) She lives in a cave outside of town.
(b) She lives in the basement of the bar.
(c) She lives in a shack behind the church.
(d) She lives in the hills.

5. What does the gunslinger refuse to do after the attack by Sheb?
(a) Make love to Alice.
(b) Stay at Alice's
(c) Take off his gun belt
(d) Listen to the fiddle

6. What song is playing as the gunslinger enters Tull?
(a) Help
(b) California Dreaming
(c) Eleanor Rigby
(d) Hey Jude

7. What does Brown consider his life to be?
(a) Life after death
(b) A satisfying life
(c) A life of burdens
(d) A wholesome life

8. Describe Kennerly.
(a) Buck teeth and ugly
(b) No teeth and unpleasant
(c) Happy and pleasant
(d) Missing front tooth and ghostly pale

9. How does the man in black arrive into town?
(a) He rides a mule into town.
(b) He walks into town.
(c) He rides in on a horse.
(d) He drives a rickety rig with a tarp tied across the back.

10. How does Brown surprise the gunslinger when they sit down to eat?
(a) Brown recites a blessing.
(b) Brown starts singing a hymn.
(c) Brown starts crying.
(d) Brown gives the gunslinger his portion.

11. Why is Brown's hut door below ground level?
(a) It protects against the rotters.
(b) It protects against the crazies.
(c) It holds in the coolness of the night.
(d) It protects against wild dogs.

12. What does Alice think about as she is on the edge of sleep?
(a) Making love to the gunslinger
(b) Nort's addiction to devil grass
(c) Making love with the man in black
(d) The strange talk Nort uses with the gunslinger.

13. What question does the gunslinger ask Brown while they are eating?
(a) He asks if Brown believes in the afterlife.
(b) He asks Brown if he was married.
(c) He asks Brown if he is sick.
(d) He asks Brown if he has any children.

14. What is in Alice's voice when she asks the gunslinger where he is going?
(a) Fear
(b) Excitement
(c) Trepidation
(d) Relief

15. How long has the gunslinger been walking on foot?
(a) One week
(b) Twelve days
(c) One month
(d) Two days

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Nort when he enters the bar when being followed by the children and dogs?

2. What happened to the real minister of Tull?

3. What happened to the gunslinger in the town of Tull?

4. How does the gunslinger react to Brown's reason for giving an apology?

5. What does the gunslinger offer to pay Brown for?

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