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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 does Mr. Halloway think Jim will do when he sees the blows?

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

3. What is the tattooed man called?

4. What great thing happens to children in June?

5. What does Mr. Coogar turn into?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mr. Halloway see in the shop window?

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

3. Why does Jim want to go back to the carousel?

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

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

6. What does Miss Foley think about the mirrors in her house?

7. Why do the boys think it is strange that the lightning rod salesman has left his bag?

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

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

10. What does the lightning rod look like?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Do you think people's memories of their past are accurate? Why do you think Bradbury represents past memories as potentially dangerous? Why do so many characters in the book find it so difficult to move away from their past?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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