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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 do Will and Jim hide underneath?

2. What does Mr. Halloway tell the boys to do when they hear a knock at the door?

3. What wakes Jim up from the dead?

4. What do Will and Mr. Halloway hear?

5. Whose house do Will and Jim go to in Jim's dream?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mr. Halloway defeat the witch?

2. How does Mr. Halloway break the mirrors in the Mirror Maze?

3. What does Mr. Dark want Mr. Halloway to do for him?

4. What do Will and Jim see outside their windows?

5. What happens at the end of the chapter?

6. What does Mr. Halloway tell Will about being good?

7. How does Will destroy the witch's balloon?

8. What role does the witch play in Chapter 43?

9. How does Mr. Halloway kill Mr. Dark?

10. What does Mr. Halloway think is the carnival's method?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine Bradbury's representation of carnival people and their lives.

1) How are carnival people's lives and beliefs different from average people's beliefs?

2) Why does Bradbury represent carnival people as evil?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Choose one of the following and examine how the carnival tries to take advantage of his/her fears?

1) Jim Nightshade

2) Charles Halloway

3) Miss Foley

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