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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 name of the lightning rod salesman?

2. What wakes Jim and Will up?

3. Where does Will hide at Miss Foley's house?

4. What does Jim tell Will he wants to see?

5. What is the name of Jim and Will's town?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the lightning rod look like?

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

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

4. What does Mr. Halloway say about white hat and black hat books?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Bradbury writes SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES in the third person. Why do you think Bradbury chose to write the story in the third person? How do you think the meaning of the story would of changed if Bradbury wrote it in the first person?

Essay Topic 2

SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES greatly influenced modern horror. Choose a book written after the novel that you think was influenced by it and discuss there similarities in terms of

a) plot

b) character

c) themes.

Essay Topic 3

Examine the novel's chronological setting.

1) What were the main concerns during the 1960s? How does Bradbury express these concerns?

2) In what ways do you think the novel's meaning would change if it was set in today's society?

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