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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. Why can Blaine not differentiate between fact and superstition?

2. How does Blaine explain in Chapter 5 the images Roland and his friends are able to see, as though the train's walls have vanished?

3. What song does Eddie believe is the back beat they can hear playing in Lud in Chapter 4?

4. What type of computers does Tick-Tock Man ask Jake about in Chapter 31?

5. Why does Gasher make Jake sing in Chapter 25?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jake dream in chapter 16? What impression is he left with afterward?

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

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

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

5. What happens to Roland in Chapters 19 and 23 as he navigates his way through the garbage maze to save Jake?

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

7. What weakness does Jake discover in Gasher's personality in Chapter 25?

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

9. How did Mercy lose her eyesight?

10. How does Roland communicate with Jake in Chapter 31?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is Susannah? What caused her to need a wheelchair? Who is she married to? Why does Susannah have difficulty learning to fire a gun? What does Roland do to make her shoot the gun? Who is Odetta? How did Susannah come to share her mind with Odetta? What does Odetta do to help Susannah and the others? What does this say about Odetta's character? What does it say about Susannah that she allows Odetta to share her mind?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Roland's world to the New York of Jake's time. Compare and contrast the New York of Eddie's time with the New York of Jake's time. What differences are there? How are they similar? Why do you think the author chose to make New York City the home of Jake, Eddie, and Susannah? How different is that city to each of the three characters? Do you think the setting of New York City will be important to the developing plot? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the use of one of the following style tools in the novel in detail, using examples from the novel to support your conclusions:

1) Metaphor

2) Simile

3) Symbolism

4) Lesson.

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