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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. Who do Jim and Will hear talking?

2. What great thing happens to children in June?

3. What is the tattooed man called?

4. Where does Will go when Jim gives him his books?

5. What wakes Jim and Will up?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the prologue say about months of a year from a boy's point of view?

2. What disappoints the boys about the carnival the next day?

3. What strange things happen as Jim and Will walk through town?

4. How do Jim and Will react differently to the carnival poster?

5. What does the lightning rod look like?

6. How does Robert react to seeing Will and Jim outside his window?

7. What are Jim and Will's feelings about the Mirror Maze?

8. What does the customer talk to Mr. Halloway about when he enters the bar?

9. What scares Jim and Will about the train?

10. What does the lightning rod salesman think about the woman he sees in the shop window?

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 Bradbury's representation of carnival people and their lives.

1) How are carnival people's lives and beliefs different from average people's beliefs?

2) Why does Bradbury represent carnival people as evil?

Essay Topic 3

How does Bradbury use symbolism in the novel? Why does think Bradbury uses so much symbolism? Could Bradbury be accused of overusing symbolism?

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