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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 Lewis, Uncle Jonathan, and Mrs. Zimmerman ask in Chapter Ten where the magic clock is?
2. What wakes up Lewis in Chapter Eight a week before Christmas?
3. What question that Lewis asks in Chapter Eight makes Uncle Jonathan angry?
4. What does Lewis see in the Hanchett's in Chapter Nine after he leaves the house?
5. What does the Ace of Nitwits card in Chapter Ten look like?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do Uncle Jonathan and Mrs. Zimmerman do in Chapter Six to cheer Lewis up? What happens when they are out?
2. What does Hammerhandle tell Lewis in Chapter Eight? What does Uncle Jonathan say in response to this?
3. In Chapter Seven, Hammerhandle move across the street from Barnvault’s Folly. He is known for his mean temper and for being rumored to be able to tell the future. His name is from the handles he makes for Hammers and other instruments.
4. In Chapter Seven, why does Lewis not tell Uncle Jonathan what he has done? What does he think of that stops him?
5. What happens in December that worries Uncle Jonathan as said in Chapter Seven?
6. What does Lewis do when he realizes Mrs. Izard is behind them in Chapter Ten? What does he do?
7. Where does the eight ball say the magic clock is in Chapter Ten? What do they find when they go there?
8. What does Lewis do after he sees his Aunt Mattie in Chapter Eight? What else does he see?
9. Who appears in the basement in Chapter Nine? What are they carrying?
10. What does Lewis do after he talks to Tarby in Chapter Nine? What does he decide?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Fear in horror is usually connected to real fears outside of literature. So modernism and factory working brings the horror of zombies, vampires represents fears of old diseases in old times or selfish people in modern times, and witches, succubi, and other female horror characters represent a fear of women. Research the events of the 1980’s, when the book was written, and write what fears in the current events are represented in the novel. To focus your research, consider specifically the Cold War and the fear of a nuclear threat. Write four pages with at least four textual examples.
Essay Topic 2
Light and dark dichotomies are typically used in the Gothic to illustrate good versus evil. How does the novel use this typical color palette to heightened literary effect? Find two examples from the text to support your response. Then look at how the novel uses other colors. What other colors and forms of light does the novel incorporate? How does it create a new palette of the Gothic and why does it do this? Make sure to consider that Barnavelt's Folly has had two recent owners. Use at least four examples in four pages for your overall answer.
Essay Topic 3
While the novel is a mystery about the clock in the walls, as it says in the title, the main events of the novel are written on the book cover. How does this change what it means to read a mystery? Why is it changed in this way? Write three pages with at least four textual examples.
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