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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 wakes Jim up from the dead?

2. What is the name of Mr. Dark's new act?

3. How far do Will and Jim travel on the carousel together?

4. What has Mr. Halloway spent all day doing in Chapter 37?

5. What store do Will and Jim hide near?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What happens when Mr. Halloway shoots the witch?

5. How do Will and Jim react when they see Mr. Tetley during the parade?

6. How does Mr. Halloway defeat the witch?

7. How does Mr. Halloway break the mirrors in the Mirror Maze?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the following and examine how it affects the tone of the novel and helps to express character and theme:

1) Setting.

2) Point of view

3) Structure

4) Language

Essay Topic 2

Examine the novel's chronological setting.

1) What were the main concerns during the 1960s? How does Bradbury express these concerns?

2) In what ways do you think the novel's meaning would change if it was set in today's society?

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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