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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Susannah see at the vacant lot that frightens her?
(a) The Wolves.
(b) The mobsters from the second-hand bookstore.
(c) The demon she had to distract so that Roland could save Jake.
(d) People that look like they are dead.

2. What does Roland have his ka-tet do to show the villagers their talents?
(a) Roland tells Jake to shoot a plate thrown in the air and then Eddie and Susannah catch all of the pieces that fall without anything touching the ground.
(b) Roland has Eddie throw plates.
(c) Roland has Susannah tell the fortunes of the villagers.
(d) Roland has Jake set up a number of objects for Roland to shoot at a great distance, which he does without missing once.

3. Who is Mia?
(a) The Mayor of Calla Bryn Sturgis.
(b) Roland's wife from his world.
(c) One of Susannah's personalities.
(d) The newest member of the ka-tet.

4. When Susannah stares at the clock, what does she suddenly realize?
(a) That time has sped up.
(b) That she has lost time.
(c) That time has gone backward.
(d) That it is almost midnight.

5. What is the name of the community that the Wolves come to each generation?
(a) New York City.
(b) Manhattan.
(c) Gallows Hill.
(d) Calla Bryn Sturgis.

6. Where do Roland, Eddie, and Susannah stay their first night in the village?
(a) At the schoolhouse.
(b) In Wayne Overholser's cow barn.
(c) At Father Callahan's rectory.
(d) In Benny Slightman's garage.

7. When the ka-tet goes to sleep that night after meeting the villagers, what happens?
(a) Jake wanders off in the night.
(b) They all have the same dream
(c) They all have nightmares.
(d) All four of them todash to Manhattan.

8. Why is the second-hand bookstore so important?
(a) The owner is the Dark Tower's innkeeper.
(b) The owner is Jake's father.
(c) Jake bought some books there in his previous life that proved useful to Roland and the ka-tet during their journeys.
(d) The bookstore building is the Dark Tower.

9. Why is the vacant lot important?
(a) Because on the lot grows a rose that has something to do with the Dark Tower.
(b) Because Roland believes that the Dark Tower is built upon it and exists there in the future.
(c) Because Eddie and Jake know it's valuable real estate in the future, and they want to buy it cheap so they can resell it and make a large amount of money.
(d) Because the mobsters think there is gold and other valuable minerals underneath the soil.

10. At the beginning of Part 2, where do Roland and his ka-tet ride?
(a) To Candleton.
(b) To Calla Bryn Sturgis.
(c) Home.
(d) To Manhattan.

11. Who is Rosalita?
(a) Father Callahan's housekeeper.
(b) The town's seer.
(c) The town's schoolteacher.
(d) Tia's best friend.

12. Out of the others that come with the stranger, why does the large landowner dominate the conversation and ask so many questions?
(a) Because he does not trust Roland and his ka-tet.
(b) Because he does not think Roland is really a gunslinger from the house of Eld, as he claims.
(c) Because he believes the Wolves mean the village no harm.
(d) Because he believes the sacrifice of the village's children will bring them all a bountiful harvest, and he does not want anyone to interfere with the Wolves.

13. At the beginning of Part 2, who does Roland urge to speak to the crowd?
(a) Eddie.
(b) Susannah.
(c) Andy.
(d) Oy.

14. Roland does not tell anyone in the ka-tet what he knows about Mia because _______________.
(a) He isn't sure of his suspicions.
(b) He doesn't know anything about Mia.
(c) He doesn't want to upset Susannah or explain the reality of the situation to Eddie.
(d) He doesn't want to scare Jake.

15. At the party in Part 2,. Chapter 1, after the introductions and dinner and after the members of the ka-tet have had a chance to talk with the people, what does Roland do?
(a) He gives square dancing calls to the crowd while the band plays.
(b) He tells a series of knock-knock jokes to the crowd.
(c) He gets on the stage and asks the crowd two questions.
(d) He sings his favorite Frank Sinatra song.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the stranger tell the ka-tet?

2. What year did Jake die the first time?

3. What does Eddie hear when he and Jake are in the office of the bookstore, after Eddie begins to read the paperwork?

4. With whom is the second-hand bookstore owner in trouble?

5. Why does Roland feel the need to put his abilities on display for the villagers?

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