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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 is the tattooed man called?

2. What do Will and Jim check out in Chapter 15?

3. What do Jim and Will usually use to communicate to each other during the night?

4. What does Tom Fury help people do?

5. Why does Will decide to stay at the carnival?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Will and Jim turn Mr. Cooger into a 130-year-old man?

2. What disappoints the boys about the carnival the next day?

3. What happens when Cooger rides on the carousel?

4. What does Jim decide to do at the end of Chapter 9?

5. How does Robert react to seeing Will and Jim outside his window?

6. What story do Will and Jim tell the lightning rod salesman?

7. Why do the boys think it is strange that the lightning rod salesman has left his bag?

8. How does Jim upset Will at the end of Chapter 21?

9. What does the prologue say about months of a year from a boy's point of view?

10. What does the lightning rod look like?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine Bradbury's writing style. How would you describe his prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? Does he use any specific writing techniques? What meaning does Bradbury's style give to the story?

Essay Topic 2

Bradbury's characters often have names that describe their character. Choose one of the following names in the novel and talk about what the name says about that person or setting:

1) Jim Nightshade.

2) Green town

3) Jim Fury

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the following and examine how it affects the tone of the novel and helps to express character and theme:

1) Setting.

2) Point of view

3) Structure

4) Language

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