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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 gunslinger eat his meal?

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

3. What does the gunslinger carry below his water bags?

4. What is the gunslinger thinking as he eats the grits Alice made for him?

5. Who is the one character in the Bible that Sylvia Pittston fears?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe the first things that the gunslinger tells Brown about the town of Tull.

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

6. Describe Allie's room where she and the gunslinger make love.

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

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

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

10. Summarize what becomes of the gunslinger's mule.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an introduction to the novel discussing Stephen King's writing style, use of dialogue, irony, imagery, and point of view of the characters. How do these literary elements affect the story?

Essay Topic 2

The gunslinger is one of the main constants throughout the novel. He is mentioned in all three parts of the story and everyone's life seems to revolve around him.

1) Explain how the gunslinger and the characters intertwine as the book progresses.

2) What relationship does he have with Brown, Allie, the man in black, Jake, Kennerly, and Sylvia Pittston.

Essay Topic 3

1) Evaluate the elements of cause and effect in this story using examples from the novel.

2) Choose three events from the story which cause the gunslinger's life to undergo a change.

3) How does he react to the events and their effects?

4) How does he grow emotionally in his own life and in his attitude toward the people in his life because of these changes?

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