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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. Where does Roland tell Eddie and Susannah Jake is from in Chapter 14?

2. What is the name of the business Eddie visits in his dreams in Chapter 19?

3. What does a voice in Eddie's head tell him in Chapter 1?

4. What is Eddie carving in Chapter 4?

5. What does Jake hope will happen each time he walks through a door?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Roland talk of when he collapses after the death of the bear?

2. What is important about the jawbone Roland has carried with him since his meeting with Jake?

3. What does Eddie immediately notice is wrong with the bear?

4. What surprises Jake about the grade he receives on his Final Essay in English?

5. What fear haunts Eddie all through Chapters 7-15?

6. Roland is distracted in the first chapter. What does he tell Susannah is causing this distraction?

7. What causes Jake to become obsessed with doors?

8. Who does Jake meet in Chapter 20? To where does Jake follow this character?

9. What happens to the Mansion as Jake attempts to enter Roland's world in Chapter 33?

10. What does Roland believe the bear's purpose was?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is Roland? Why is he teaching Susannah to shoot a gun? Is Roland cruel when he makes Susannah think of her past to make her angry enough to shoot straight? Why can Roland not shoot a gun? What happened to Roland? When? What is Roland's mission? Where is he going? For what reason? What will happen when he get there? How does he plan to get there?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss one of the following in detail citing examples from the novel to support your conclusions:

1) Point of view

2) Structure of the novel

3) Language--mention the use of metaphor and simile, as well as specific language

4) Setting.

Essay Topic 3

Who are Si and Mercy? Where did they come from? How does Roland feel about them? What do Roland and his friends learn about the city of Lud from these people? How does this information help Roland and his friends? How does it confirm something they already knew? What does Charlie and the Choo-Choo have to do with the city and the story Roland and his friends learn about it? Is this foreshadowing? Explain.

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