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

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

3. What does Alice think about the gunslinger when he makes no comment when she is finished talking?
(a) She thinks he is crazed.
(b) She thinks he fell asleep.
(c) She thinks he died.
(d) She thinks he is too scared to speak.

4. How does the man address the gunslinger after touching his shoulder?
(a) He uses sign language.
(b) He chants at him.
(c) He mumbles incoherently.
(d) He uses High Speech.

5. What does the gunslinger think the burned out campfires he finds could be?
(a) Relics of the past
(b) The trail of ghosts
(c) A message
(d) Devil spoor

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the gunslinger see in the eyes of the man who touches his shoulder?

2. Who is the first person the gunslinger meets when he comes down the foothills?

3. What replaced the forests outside Tull?

4. What does the gunslinger refuse to do after the attack by Sheb?

5. How does the gunslinger react to Pittston's plea to the congregation to crush what she fears most?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain what the gunslinger is thinking as he eats his breakfast.

2. Explain the levels of khef that are summarized in this chapter.

3. Summarize Allie's explanation about Nort's death.

4. Describe the place where the preacher woman lives.

5. Summarize how the gunslinger begins to tell the story of Tull.

6. Describe what Allie tells the gunslinger about the desert.

7. Describe how Brown surprises the gunslinger.

8. Describe Allie's thoughts about the gunslinger after she hears him talking strangely to Nort.

9. Describe the scene when Brown wakes up the gunslinger after five hours of rest.

10. Describe the young dweller that the gunslinger encounters when he comes out of the foothills.

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