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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 have the gunslinger and Alice been spending the four days he has been in town?
(a) They ate and slept
(b) They went for long walks and slept.
(c) They ate, slept, made love and played the fiddle.
(d) They ate, talked and slept.

2. What strange thought crosses the gunslinger's mind about Brown?
(a) Brown could be in his imagination.
(b) Brown could be the man in black.
(c) Brown could be a spirit.
(d) Brown could be plotting to murder him.

3. What spectacular thing does the gunslinger see in the night sky?
(a) A ghostly apparition
(b) Two moons
(c) Flock of white doves
(d) A meteor

4. What does Alice say about Nort?
(a) He is an old man.
(b) He was a lawyer once.
(c) He is a rotter.
(d) He is dead and was touched by God.

5. Who is the one character in the Bible that Sylvia Pittston fears?
(a) Shadrach
(b) Abednego
(c) Meshach
(d) The Interloper

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sheb attack the gunslinger?

2. How does the man in black arrive into town?

3. What is the only feature that can be seen in the desert?

4. What is the reaction of the customers in the honky-tonk when the gunslinger walks in?

5. How many daughters does Kennerly have?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Kennerly's daughters.

2. Summarize how the man in black brings Nort back to life.

3. Explain what the gunslinger is contemplating as he gets water from Brown's well.

4. Describe the explanation Brown gives about his planted corn the last time it rained.

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

6. Describe the man in black's arrival in the town of Tull.

7. Describe the desert in which the gunslinger is traveling.

8. Summarize the preacher's comments about the Interloper.

9. Describe the situation when Sheb breaks into Allie's room.

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

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