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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. What does the gunslinger see in the desert as he becomes more delirious?

2. What is the last thing Allie asks the gunslinger?

3. What becomes of the gunslinger after he passes out in the sand?

4. What does the desert bake out of the gunslinger?

5. What question does the gunslinger ask Brown?

Short Essay Questions

1. Summarize the memories the gunslinger has of days learning with Cort.

2. Summarize the decision the gunslinger must make when Jake falls onto the edge of a pit, clutching on for his life.

3. Summarize the encounter the gunslinger has with Kennerly and Soobie.

4. Summarize the final conversation that Allie and the gunslinger have together.

5. Describe the killing ground where the man in black leads the gunslinger.

6. Describe the night as the gunslinger sleeps in the desert.

7. Describe Sylvia's prediction about what the man in black intends to do about the gunslinger.

8. Describe where the gunslinger finds Jake when he is missing from the campsite.

9. Describe what Soobie and Kennerly are doing when the gunslinger leaves them.

10. Describe what Roland wants from Cort when he kicks in his door.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) As the reader follows the gunslinger through his solitary trek across the desert, what kind of person is he revealed to be?

2) Analyze the character traits he reveals when he encounters Brown and Zoltan, Jake, and Allie.

3) Summarize deeper insights into the gunslinger's human nature in each of these relationships.

Essay Topic 2

1) Analyze Sylvia Pittston's final acts in the story and if she has any alternatives to the shootout in Tull.

2) Was her character completely evil in the end?

3) Justify the answer with examples from the story.

Essay Topic 3

1) Evaluate the relationship between the gunslinger and Jake.

2) How does the man in black's father affect the gunslinger's relationship with Jake?

3) How does the gunslinger feel about Jake at the end of the novel?

4) Give examples from the story of how they interact with one another.

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