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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Charles Halloway when he sees Jim and Will run by?
(a) His mother's house
(b) Home
(c) The library
(d) The saloon

2. Where are the boy and Miss Foley going after dinner?
(a) The library
(b) Will's house
(c) The saloon
(d) The carnival

3. What is the name of the monster at Coogar and Dark's show?
(a) Gonads
(b) Montpelier
(c) Jumping Jock
(d) Montgolfier

4. What does Mr. Halloway think Jim will do when he sees the blows?
(a) Take them
(b) Dodge them
(c) Laugh in their face
(d) Give them back

5. What have Jim and Will nailed into the ivy?
(a) Boards
(b) Iron rungs
(c) A rope ladder
(d) Dead animals

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Halloway think women are?

2. What does Will hear his father muttering?

3. Where does the train stop?

4. What color hair does Mr. Coogar have?

5. What does the sign say on the merry-go-round?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Jim and Will react differently to the carnival poster?

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

3. What is strange about the carousel?

4. What is strange about the carnival and its people?

5. What does Mr. Halloway see when he steps out of the bar?

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

7. What does Mr. Halloway think is the difference between Jim and Will?

8. What are Jim and Will's feelings about the Mirror Maze?

9. What does the lightning rod salesman think about the woman he sees in the shop window?

10. What wakes up Jim and Will during the night?

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