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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 Will hear his father muttering?
2. What do Jim and Will usually use to communicate to each other during the night?
3. Who does the author describe as being marbled with dark?
4. What does Mr. Halloway think Jim will do when he sees the blows?
5. Where do the two boys go after supper?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Mr. Halloway think is the difference between Jim and Will?
2. How do Jim and Will react differently to meeting Robert?
3. What is strange about the carousel?
4. What does Mr. Halloway say about white hat and black hat books?
5. What disappoints the boys about the carnival the next day?
6. How do Jim and Will react differently to watching the Theater?
7. How does Mr. Halloway react when Will notices him looking at the carnival poster?
8. What does the customer talk to Mr. Halloway about when he enters the bar?
9. What does the lightning rod salesman think about the woman he sees in the shop window?
10. What do Will and Jim think about the boy they see run into Miss Foley's house?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Pick two characters from the novel and discuss their goals and motives. Do they achieve their motive? Do they share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do their goals clash with other characters? How do the characters goals and motives affect their interaction with each other?
Essay Topic 2
Examine good and evil in the novel.
1) In what way does Jim represent neither good nor bad in the novel? How does this result in a power struggle between the carnival and Jim's friend, Will?
2) What does say about Bradbury's ideas that God and religion does not seem to hurt Mr. Dark?
3) What is Bradbury's definition of evil?
Essay Topic 3
In 1983 SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES was made into a film starring Jason Robards. Why do you think the themes and ideas in the book were still relevant 25 years later? How did the filmmakers adapt the themes to fit in with the new environment? How did these changes affect the meaning of the story?
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