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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 long has it been since the gunslinger passed a town?

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

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

4. What does Zoltan say as he sits in the corner?

5. What does the gunslinger believe the man in black did to Sylvia Pittston?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the gunslinger's guns.

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

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

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

6. Describe what the gunslinger passes in the desert after he leaves the town three weeks before.

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

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

9. Describe the landscape as the gunslinger arrives in Tull.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Compare and contrast the characters of the gunslinger and the man in black.

2) Summarize the impact each character had on the people they meet in the novel.

3) In your opinion, which character is the most effective? Defend your stance.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

1) Analyze Stephen King's use of imagery to convey the tone of the novel.

2) How do the images of the weather and the desert add to this tone?

3) Justify the answers with examples from the novel.

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