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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 does Chapter 3 focus on?

2. Who does the bag belong to?

3. Who does the man in the suit introduce himself as?

4. Who does Miss Foley telephone?

5. What does Mr. Halloway see a sculpture of in the window?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Will and Jim think about the boy they see run into Miss Foley's house?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What happens when Cooger rides on the carousel?

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

10. How do Jim and Will react differently to watching the Theater?

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

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 3

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

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