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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has happened to two buildings on the outskirts of the town Roland and his friends come to in Chapter 4?
(a) They have fallen to ruin.
(b) They have been burned.
(c) They have been abandoned.
(d) They have exploded.

2. How many miles will Blaine go before he reaches the end of his track?
(a) Seven hundred miles.
(b) Seven miles.
(c) Seventy miles.
(d) Seven thousand miles.

3. What does Eddie see that he thinks is Blaine in Chapter 6?
(a) A derailed train.
(b) A dead man.
(c) A exploded train.
(d) A broken monorail.

4. What is the password Gasher has Jake read from a piece of paper in Chapter 25?
(a) Peg leg.
(b) Bountiful.
(c) Beautiful.
(d) Plank.

5. What back beat does Eddie believe is playing from unseen source in Chapter 15?
(a) Bob Marley.
(b) Rolling Stones.
(c) ZZ Top.
(d) Bruce Springsteen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gasher stop to show Jake in Chapter 19?

2. In what way did Tick-Tock Man kill the laughing woman?

3. Why does Jake begin to cry at the end of Chapter 13?

4. How long is it before Roland and his friends reach the outskirts of Lud?

5. Who led the final army against the war in Lud as described in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jake believe Blaine, whom he has constantly seen as a danger, plans to do in Chapter 8?

2. Who is Gasher? What does he want?

3. What is the reaction of the people of River Crossing when they learn Roland is a gunslinger?

4. What are the most striking differences between the city of Lud and the underground bunker?

5. What is significant about the airplane Roland and his ka-tet find in Chapter 1?

6. What does Blaine tell Roland and his ka-tet is the reason he has decided to end his existence?

7. How do Susannah and Eddie finally reach Blaine's cradle in Chapter 24?

8. What wakes Jake four days after he comes to Roland's world?

9. What do Jake's actions in Chapters 32-34 say about his character?

10. Why do Roland, Jake, Susannah, and Eddie suddenly find the book Charlie and the Choo-Choo so sinister in Chapters 23-24?

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