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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 Jim ask if the carnival buys?

2. Who is inside the balloon's basket?

3. What does Will tell his father?

4. What has Mr. Halloway spent all day researching?

5. Who does the boy say is after him?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Mr. Halloway draw on the bullet?

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

4. What happens at the end of the chapter?

5. How do Will and his father wake up Jim?

6. What does Mr. Halloway research at the library?

7. How does Will get Jim off the carousel?

8. Why does Mr. Halloway not want Will to cry?

9. What does Will tell his dad on the phone?

10. What does Mr. Halloway tell Will about being good?

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

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 3

Discuss Bradbury's life. In what way do you think his life and personality are reflected in the book? In what ways is he like or unlike the main character?

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