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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 Allie make love to the gunslinger on the night she tells him about Sylvia?

2. What disturbs Marten and Roland's mother about his comment that his mother has not dismissed him?

3. What does Jake ask the gunslinger after they see the man in black?

4. How does the gunslinger view Brown on the morning he is leaving Brown's home?

5. Who taught the gunslinger how to shoot?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the parting of Brown and the gunslinger.

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

3. Summarize Brown's reaction when the gunslinger is finished telling the story about Tull.

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

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

6. Summarize why the gunslinger looks at Jake with sorrow.

7. Describe the gunslinger's thoughts about Cort, the man who taught him to shoot.

8. Summarize what the gunslinger and the man in black talk about throughout the night and what is revealed when the conversation is over.

9. Describe what Jake tells the gunslinger to look at in the mountains.

10. Describe the appearance of Brown on the day the gunslinger leaves his home.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Several times in the novel, it is mentioned that the world moved on.

2) Summarize what meaning this statement has for the gunslinger, the man in black, Jake, and the townspeople of Tull.

3) Cite examples from the novel that explain how the world moved on for each of them.

4) In the case of Jake, describe how two worlds have moved on for him.

Essay Topic 2

1) Choose several episodes from the novel that reveal important facets of the man in black's character.

2) Explain how these episodes are revealing.

3) Describe what motivates him and what his final goal is.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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