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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 try to do to stop the mirror images?
2. How does Will react when Mr. Dark say his mother is now a shriveled old woman?
3. How does Mr. Halloway shatter the mirrors?
4. What does Mr. Dark say the Witch can do to Mr. Halloway?
5. What do Will and his father use to climb into his bedroom?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Mr. Halloway get the crowd on his side?
2. What does Mr. Halloway tell Will about being good?
3. What does Mr. Halloway draw on the bullet?
4. What information about the carnival does Mr. Halloway show Jim and Will?
5. How does Mr. Halloway defeat the witch?
6. What does Will tell his dad on the phone?
7. What role does the witch play in Chapter 43?
8. How do Will and Jim react when they see Mr. Tetley during the parade?
9. How do Will and his father wake up Jim?
10. What does Mr. Halloway think is the carnival's method?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss Bradbury's life. In what way do you think his life and personality are reflected in the book? In what ways is he like or unlike the main character?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Look at the structure of the novel.
1) How does Bradbury use character and dialogue to drive the narrative?
2) Discuss elements of the narrative structure: exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the novel's themes?
3) Away from the main character examine the way Bradbury uses the other characters in the story. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?
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