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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 Will tell his father on the phone?

2. What do Will and Jim hide underneath?

3. Who alerts Mr. Dark to the fact that Will and Jim are under the iron grille?

4. What does Will throw at the witch's balloon?

5. Whose house do Will and Jim go to in Jim's dream?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Will get Jim off the carousel?

2. What happens at the end of the chapter?

3. How does Will call the witch back to their house?

4. How does Will destroy the witch's balloon?

5. What information about the carnival does Mr. Halloway show Jim and Will?

6. What does Mr. Halloway think is the carnival's method?

7. What does Mr. Dark want Mr. Halloway to do for him?

8. How does Mr. Halloway kill Mr. Dark?

9. What role does the witch play in Chapter 43?

10. What do Will and Jim see outside their windows?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the time period? How does Bradbury use character and setting to express these themes?

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 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.

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