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| What is the name given to Eddie Dean's Deceased sister in 'The Drawing of the Three', and the totally different name given to her in 'The Wastelands'? | Stephen King's Dark Tower Series
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Selina, Gloria. In 'Drawing of the Three', Eddie gives brief mention of his deceased sister, then Selina. In 'The Wastelands', he thinks about his brother Henry having to watch out for him because of his sister's death, when there was no one to 'Watch Out For Gloria'.
Talitha Unwin. When Aunt Talitha gives Roland her Silver Cross she tells him to 'Lay it at the base of the Tower and Speak the name of Talitha Unwin...'
Burning Chris. Christopher Johns was known in his youth as Burning Chris.
Camel Piss. Sheemie is dumping all of the unfinished drinks into a bucket, labelled simply 'Camel Piss' when he trips and spills the bucket all over Roy Depape.
North Central Positronics. Blaine, Patricia and Shardik the Bear were all Created by North Central Positronics.
Beryl Evans . Jake wonders in both 'The Wastelands' and 'Wizard and Glass' if the book's author, Beryl Evans, was trying to warn his ka-tet about Blaine the Mono, a.k.a. Charlie the Choo-Choo.
Tobacco. Roland refuses the Rabbit, because he is wary of eating 'enchanted meat' but cannot refuse Walter's offer of Tobacco.
Fardo. Jonas was too old for Cort to be the one to have sent him west as a failed Gunslinger. It was Cort's father Fardo that did.
Silvia Pittson . Sylvia Pittson is the Preacher Woman of Tull, although in 'Wizard and Glass', Coral Thorin remembers Sylvia Pittson being in Hambry for some time.
Andrew Quick. Andrew Quick, though in the Employ of Flagg-Fannin-Marten for a short time is not Roland's 'Great' Enemy.
| In 'Wizard and Glass', what alias does Roland use on his trip to Hambry? | Dark Tower I - IV
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William Dearborn. Roland goes by the name William Dearborn when sent to Hambry.
| In 'The Drawing of the Three', Roland enters Jack Mort's body, and eventually gets shot by a police officer who, Roland claims, 'remembers the face of his father.' What did the bullet strike in Jack's pocket that saved their lives? | Dark Tower I - IV
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A Silver Lighter. The bullet hits the lighter, which sets Jack on fire.
| Eddie asks Blaine a riddle in 'The Waste Lands.' 'No sooner spoken than broken.' What is the answer? | Dark Tower I - IV
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Silence. This is supposed to be a difficult riddle, but Blaine answers it without hesitation.
| Which of Roland's friends once proclaimed that he would never believe in ghosts until he 'caught one in his teeth'? | Dark Tower I - IV
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Cuthbert. Eddie voices his approval when Roland briefly mentions this.
| When Roland finally catches Walter, he passes on the ______ but cannot turn down the _____. What are the missing words? | Dark Tower I - IV
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Enrico Balazar. Enrico Balazar was a dangerous man, sometimes referred to as 'Il Roche.'
Blue. Blaine was pink and Patricia was blue. Eddie comments that the Great Old Ones had their colors mixed up.
Great Grandfather. The Tick-Tock Man is impressed when Jakes asks him if David Quick is his grandfather. He corrects him and tells him he was his great-grandfather.
| Who does Rhea, the witch, try to seduce in 'Wizard and Glass', after he makes a delivery to her house? | Dark Tower I - IV
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Sheemie. She asks him to stay, saying he can eat a mushroom which can make her look like anyone he fancies. He declines in an amusing manner.
| What was the name of the strong apple beer Jake, Eddie, Susannah, and the gunslinger drank in River Crossing? | Dark Tower I - IV
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Graf. Jake feels it's effects almost immediately, and puts down his cup.
Mercy. The gunslinger kisses her before she leaves, and she begins to weep.
14. Roland was 14. Susan was 16.
Life. Introduced in "The Gunslinger," (book 1) "khef" means several things, "life" being among them. Roland is referred to as having progressed through levels of the khef, therefore meaning that he moved through stages of his life. Freedom, desert, and wisdom have nothing to do with khef, however.
Fate. Ka, approximately meaning "fate," is one of the most common words in High Speech used in the Dark Tower series. Eddie Dean also calls it "everyone's favorite whipping boy," because it's used to explain away so many things; people's actions, deaths, and virtually anything which has no reasonable explanation.
| This one is not High Speech, but rather a mannerism used as a gesture of politeness or respect. If being done before a male, it's done by tapping the left side of your collarbone three times with the fingers of your right hand. How is it done before a female or a group of people? | Dark Tower (I - IV) Vocabulary
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Tapping the base of your throat three times. Three taps to the base of the throat is the way that Jake did this gesture before Blaine the Mono, who was male (if trains have a gender). Blaine pointed out this mistake, and Roland taught Jake how to do it correctly. That was from Book III, "The Wastelands," by the way.
One from many. This word was (I think) introduced in "The Drawing of the Three," and while it means "one from many," a better way to think of it is a group brought together by a common fate.
Badge or insignia. Sigul is not used too often throughout the series, certainly not as often as "ka" or "ka-tet," but it does come in handy to know for quizzes like this one. Oh yes, and future Dark Tower books. :o)
The face of your father. A saying popular with Roland and his ka-tet.
A sandwich. This word for "sandwich" was introduced in "The Drawing of the Three," where Roland (through Eddie Dean's body) tasted a hot dog and Pepsi for the first time. It sounds like it would be a cross between a napkin and a corkscrew, don't you think?
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