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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. How does the man address the gunslinger after touching his shoulder?

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

3. Describe Kennerly.

4. What does Alice think about as she is on the edge of sleep?

5. What does Allie tell the gunslinger about Sylvia Pittston?

Short Essay Questions

1. Summarize the way Allie and the gunslinger spend their time for the four days they spend in Allie's room.

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

3. Summarize the scene in the bar when Nort puts a hand on the gunslinger's shoulder.

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

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

6. Summarize the night sky as the gunslinger camps for the night.

7. Summarize what goes through the gunslinger's mind when Zoltan starts reciting the Lord's Prayer.

8. Describe Kennerly's daughters.

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

10. Summarize the information Allie gives the gunslinger about the preacher woman.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Pinpoint the major conflicts in the novel.

2) Determine if these conflicts are internal or external and if they are between the characters themselves, personal conflicts, and conflicts with nature.

3) Give examples from the novel of these conflicts and if they are resolved by the end of the novel.

Essay Topic 2

1) As the gunslinger walks through the desert, a nursery rhyme plays through his mind in a maddening way.

2) Determine King's purpose in using this poem in the story.

3) What does the poetic imagery reveal about the gunslinger's life?

4) Analyze the message his mother was trying to give to Roland about the road his life will take.

5) Cite examples from the novel that prove the prophecies in the rhyme have come true in the gunslinger's life as an adult.

Essay Topic 3

The gunslinger has a number of dreams and visions throughout the novel.

1) Choose two of the gunslinger's dreams or visions and determine if they affect his reality or if they are only harmless imaginings.

2) Analyze how the gunslinger manages to remain in the real world even after being influenced by so many visions.

3) In what way do the visions change his course and alter his life?

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