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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 store does Mr. Tetley own?
2. What does Jim ask Will to hold?
3. What kind of song does Mr. Halloway hear a man humming?
4. Whose house does Will go to?
5. Where does Will go when Jim gives him his books?
Short Essay Questions
1. How do Jim and Will react differently to meeting Robert?
2. How do Jim and Will react differently to the carnival poster?
3. What does Jim decide to do at the end of Chapter 9?
4. How does Mr. Halloway react when Will notices him looking at the carnival poster?
5. How do Will and Jim turn Mr. Cooger into a 130-year-old man?
6. What does the customer talk to Mr. Halloway about when he enters the bar?
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?
9. How do Jim and Will react differently to watching the Theater?
10. What disappoints the boys about the carnival the next day?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Examine good and evil in the novel.
1) In what way does Jim represent neither good nor bad in the novel? How does this result in a power struggle between the carnival and Jim's friend, Will?
2) What does say about Bradbury's ideas that God and religion does not seem to hurt Mr. Dark?
3) What is Bradbury's definition of evil?
Essay Topic 3
Examine Bradbury's writing style. How would you describe his prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? Does he use any specific writing techniques? What meaning does Bradbury's style give to the story?
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