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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. What does Andy know that the rest of the community doesn't know?
2. What does the contract say that the mobsters and the second-hand bookstore owner were reading ?
3. What is peculiar about the author of Charlie and the Choo-Choo?
4. Roland does not tell anyone in the ka-tet what he knows about Mia because _______________.
5. What makes Roland suspect something is troubling Susannah?
Short Essay Questions
1. How do Roland and his ka-tet begin to gain the confidence of the people of Calla Bryn Sturgis in Part 2, Chapter 1?
2. In Part 2, Chapter 3, how does Father Callahan come to recognize a certain type of fictional creature?
3. Why is Eddie hesitant to get involved with the people from Calla Bryn Sturgis and their troubles with the Wolves?
4. The leader of the mysterious group following the ka-tet approaches the ka-tet and reveals the group's purpose. Who is this group and what is their purpose?
5. What was in the contract that Eddie read when he was in Manhattan at the used bookstore, and why is the contract important?
6. Why does Roland assign Susannah a role where she is to sit back and observe the strangers from the Calla rather than take an active part in their conversations?
7. The night that the group meets the Calla villagers, the entire ka-tet goes todash to Manhattan. What is different about Susannah there, and why is that important?
8. Why is the vacant lot so important?
9. Why was it important for Eddie to make the first trip to 1977 Manhattan?
10. What are the vagrant dead?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Is Roland an effective leader? Use at least three examples from the text to support your answer.
Essay Topic 2
Jake brings up the topic of trust when speaking with Roland about Susannah. Jake believes that Roland is hurting the ka-tet's cohesion by not being honest with everyone. What are the risks and benefits of Roland's secrecy?
Essay Topic 3
What type of a person is Tian? Use examples from the text to support your answer.
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