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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. Why does Jim want Will to leave?

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

3. What great thing happens to children in June?

4. Where does Will go when Jim gives him his books?

5. What does Mr. Halloway say men despair at?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Cooger rides on the carousel?

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

3. What scares Jim and Will about the train?

4. What does Mr. Halloway see in the shop window on the way back from work?

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

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

7. What is Mr Dark's new act?

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

9. What does the customer talk to Mr. Halloway about when he enters the bar?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES is part of the horror genre.

1) What are the conventions of the horror genre in terms of character, language and plot?

2) In what way does SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES help to set the template for similar novels? Do modern novels still use the ideas used in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Bradbury's life. In what way do you think his life and personality are reflected in the book? In what ways is he like or unlike the main character?

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