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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 happens in Chapter Five when Lewis begins chanting?

2. What stops Uncle Jonathan from talking when he is picking up Lewis in Chapter One?

3. What illusion does Uncle Jonathan pull up second in Chapter Four?

4. What does Lewis see when he hears a noise in the hallway in Chapter One?

5. How does Mrs. Zimmerman appear in Chapter Two?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Tarby say about Uncle Jonathan’s magic in Chapter Four? What does Lewis say to change Tarby’s mind?

2. How do Lewis and Tarby become friends in Chapter Three? What does Lewis want to do for Tarby?

3. What is the second illusion scene that Uncle Jonathan casts in Chapter Four? What happens in it?

4. How does Tarby act after the magic in Chapter Three? Why does this make Lewis afraid?

5. What does Lewis do to resurrect the dead in Chapter Five? What does he have to do to complete the spell and how does he do this?

6. What happens with Lewis and Tarby’s friendship in Chapter Four? How does Lewis feel about this change?

7. Who previously owned Barnvault’s Folly as said in Chapter Two? What were the old owners like?

8. What does Uncle Jonathan do in Chapter Three to make the moon disappear?

9. Why does Uncle Jonathan have so many clocks as he tells Lewis in Chapter Two? How does this relate to the previous owners of the mansion?

10. What does Lewis do when he gets home in Chapter Five? What does he dream about that night?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

At the beginning of the novel, Lewis is happy to be friends with Tarby even though Tarby treats him poorly as the novel progresses. By the end, Lewis has a friend with similar interests. What is the novel showing about friendship? What is the novel showing about self-esteem and its connection to friendship?

Essay Topic 3

While the novel is a mystery about the clock in the walls, as it says in the title, the main events of the novel are written on the book cover. How does this change what it means to read a mystery? Why is it changed in this way? Write three pages with at least four textual examples.

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