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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. Who is Miss Foley searching for?

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

3. What do Jim and Will see flying above the train?

4. What does Halloway think women are?

5. What do Will and Jim trip over as they leave the carnival?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the reader learn about Jim in Chapter 9?

2. How do Will and Jim react when the salesman tells them the storm will hit Jim's house?

3. How does the salesman find out whose house the storm will hit?

4. What strange things happen as Jim and Will walk through town?

5. How do Jim and Will react differently to meeting Robert?

6. How does Mr. Halloway react when Will notices him looking at the carnival poster?

7. How does Jim react when he enters the Mirror Maze?

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

9. What shocking things do Will and Jim see when they go back to the carnival with the police?

10. What is Mr Dark's new act?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the differences between Jim and Will.

1) What are the main differences between Will and Jim? Why do they stay friends when they are so many differences between them?

2) How do you think both Will and Jim will grow up? Why or why not would their friendship continue into adulthood?

Essay Topic 2

In 1983 SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES was made into a film starring Jason Robards. Why do you think the themes and ideas in the book were still relevant 25 years later? How did the filmmakers adapt the themes to fit in with the new environment? How did these changes affect the meaning of the story?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the novel's dialogue. How does Bradbury's dialogue contribute to the following areas;

1) Character

2) Setting

3) Plot

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