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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 happens in December in Chapter Seven?
2. What does Lewis touch on the mantlepiece in the Hanchett's house in Chapter Nine?
3. What does Mrs. Corrigan ask Lewis in Chapter Nine?
4. What do Lewis, Uncle Jonathan, and Mrs. Zimmerman ask in Chapter Ten where the magic clock is?
5. What is in the tunnel behind clock in Chapter Ten?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Lewis do after he talks to Tarby in Chapter Nine? What does he decide?
2. What does Lewis find in an organ in Chapter Eight? What does this object say?
3. What do Uncle Jonathan, Mrs. Zimmerman, and Lewis find when they return home in Chapter Six? What do they find inside?
4. What happens in December that worries Uncle Jonathan as said in Chapter Seven?
5. 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?
6. Why do Uncle Jonathan and Mrs. Zimmerman say Isaac Izard needed a clock in Chapter Eight? What else went wrong with Izard’s plan?
7. What does Lewis do when he realizes Mrs. Izard is behind them in Chapter Ten? What does he do?
8. Who appears in the basement in Chapter Nine? What are they carrying?
9. In Chapter Ten, how do Uncle Jonathan, Mrs. Zimmerman, and Lewis say the Izard’s magic is? How do they say theirs is?
10. How do they celebrate Christmas at the Barnavelt’s house in Chapter Eight? How does Lewis feel?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Fear in horror is usually connected to real fears outside of literature. So modernism and factory working brings the horror of zombies, vampires represents fears of old diseases in old times or selfish people in modern times, and witches, succubi, and other female horror characters represent a fear of women. Research the events of the 1980’s, when the book was written, and write what fears in the current events are represented in the novel. To focus your research, consider specifically the Cold War and the fear of a nuclear threat. Write four 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
Lewis evolves from the beginning to the end of the novel. Characterize his evolution using examples from the novel. Then answer the question: What does Lewis’ character change show as the message of the novel? Write three pages with at least four textual examples.
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