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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 see at the end of Chapter Seven at the Hanchett's former house?

2. Where do they stop in Chapter Six on the way back to New Zebedee?

3. Where does the magic eight ball tell Lewis that the clock is in Chapter Ten?

4. What, in Chapter Nine, does Lewis like to stand on as he gets dressed?

5. What do Uncle Jonathan, Lewis, and Mrs. Zimmerman find in Chapter Ten when they return to the house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lewis do when he realizes Mrs. Izard is behind them in Chapter Ten? What does he do?

2. In Chapter Seven, why does Lewis not tell Uncle Jonathan what he has done? What does he think of that stops him?

3. What does Lewis see at night in Chapter Seven? What does he think he sees?

4. Why does Lewis feel sick in the beginning of Chapter Seven? What does he realize he has done?

5. How do Uncle Jonathan, Mrs. Zimmerman, and Lewis find where the magical clock is in Chapter Ten?

6. Why does the car in Chapter Six stop following them? What rule of magic does Uncle Jonathan say this relates to?

7. What does Lewis do after he talks to Tarby in Chapter Nine? What does he decide?

8. Where does the eight ball say the magic clock is in Chapter Ten? What do they find when they go there?

9. What does Lewis see in the Hanchett house in Chapter Nine? What happens between him and Mrs. Izard?

10. 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.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Think about the trio of Lewis, Uncle Jonathan, and Mrs. Zimmerman. Who are their characters individually and how do they work together as a complete whole in the novel? As Lewis has recently lost his family, how do the residents of Barnavelt’s Folly create a new family dynamic? Write three pages with four textual examples.

Essay Topic 2

Light and dark dichotomies are typically used in the Gothic to illustrate good versus evil. How does the novel use this typical color palette to heightened literary effect? Find two examples from the text to support your response. Then look at how the novel uses other colors. What other colors and forms of light does the novel incorporate? How does it create a new palette of the Gothic and why does it do this? Make sure to consider that Barnavelt's Folly has had two recent owners. Use at least four examples in four pages for your overall answer.

Essay Topic 3

Edward Gorey’s illustrations are famously known for bringing to life the atmosphere of John Bellair’s novels. How do the illustrations in the novel show select choices of scenes to illustrate? How do the illustration increase the feelings of atmosphere and fear? Write three pages with at least four textual examples.

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