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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 store does Mr. Tetley own?

2. What does Mr. Fury see banging on the shop window?

3. What does Jim favor over talking?

4. What does Mr. Dark say is Mr. Coogar's stage name?

5. How do women ensure their immortality?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mr. Halloway think is the difference between Jim and Will?

2. What does Jim decide to do at the end of Chapter 9?

3. What does Mr. Halloway say about white hat and black hat books?

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

5. What do Will and Jim think about the boy they see run into Miss Foley's house?

6. How do Jim and Will react differently to meeting Robert?

7. What is strange about the carnival and its people?

8. What is Mr Dark's new act?

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

10. Why do the boys think it is strange that the lightning rod salesman has left his bag?

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the novel's chronological setting.

1) What were the main concerns during the 1960s? How does Bradbury express these concerns?

2) In what ways do you think the novel's meaning would change if it was set in today's society?

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