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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 Lewis think he sees at the end of Chapter Seven?
2. What does Tarby say when Lewis tries to speak to him in Chapter Nine about the graveyard?
3. Where is the entrance to the mansion's secret passageway, as said in Chapter Eight?
4. What do Lewis, Uncle Jonathan, and Mrs. Zimmerman find in Chapter Ten behind the coal bin?
5. Where do they stop in Chapter Six on the way back to New Zebedee?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter Ten, how do Uncle Jonathan, Mrs. Zimmerman, and Lewis say the Izard’s magic is? How do they say theirs is?
2. What does Lewis ask Uncle Jonathan about the Hanchett House in Chapter Eight? How does Uncle Jonathan respond?
3. What does Uncle Jonathan do when the car starts to follow them in Chapter Six? What part of the car reminds Lewis of something, and what does it remind him of?
4. Who appears in the basement in Chapter Nine? What are they carrying?
5. What does Lewis do after he sees his Aunt Mattie in Chapter Eight? What else does he see?
6. What does Lewis see at night in Chapter Eight? What do they say?
7. Where does the eight ball say the magic clock is in Chapter Ten? What do they find when they go there?
8. What does Lewis do when he realizes Mrs. Izard is behind them in Chapter Ten? What does he do?
9. In Chapter Seven, Hammerhandle move across the street from Barnvault’s Folly. He is known for his mean temper and for being rumored to be able to tell the future. His name is from the handles he makes for Hammers and other instruments.
10. What happens in December that worries Uncle Jonathan as said in Chapter Seven?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The main event of the rising action in the novel is not introduced until halfway through the book. From there, the rest of the plot events are in the second half of the book. Why is the book structured in this way? What does this structure allow to also be included in the novel? Why are these additions to the plot included? Write three pages with at least four textual examples.
Essay Topic 2
The American Gothic’s connection to nature is usually one of fear. What representation of nature is found in the novel? How is magic connected to nature and vice versa? Write three pages with at least four textual examples.
Essay Topic 3
While John Bellair’s the House with the Clock in Its Walls is in the Gothic tradition, it combines elements of different Gothic genres and also has introductions of new themes. Write a definition of the new form of Gothic Bellair is making in the novel, what traditions he is pulling from or transforming, what he adds, and why he adds this. Write four pages with at least four textual examples.
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