Something Wicked This Way Comes Quizzes

Something Wicked This Way Comes Quiz 1

By Jack Murphy · Edited by W.C. Miller · Last reviewed December 09, 2006

1 Who is older, Will or Jim, and by how much?

Will, by 1 year

Jim, by 1 year

Jim, by 2 minutes

Will, by 2 minutes
2 How much do the boys pay for the lightning rod?

$5

$10

$1

$0
3 On whose house does Tom Fury tell the boys that lightning will strike?

Jim

Mr. Dark

Will

Miss Foley
4 What is Charle's job?

Clerk

Janitor

Lawyer

Cashier
5 What do the boys smell in the air before the night when the carnival arrives?

Smoke

Pumpkins

Licorice and cotton candy

Fallen leaves
6 What is the Theater?

A place where Jim and Will like to play

A movie theater

An attraction at the carnival

A window at a house in town
7 What does Will's father hold in his hands, as Will returns home to find both parents sitting by the fire?

A book from the library

A flier from the circus

A picture of the family

A picture of himself when he was younger
8 Why does Jim say he doesn't want to have any children?

Because he doesn't like kids

Because he doesn't want the responsibility

Because people die

Because he doesn't want to get married
9 What does Tom Fury see in a store window?

Will and Jim stealing candy

His reflection, as an older man

A woman frozen in a block of ice

The Illustrated Man
10 What instrument plays from the carnival train as it arrives in town?

Harpsichord

Trombone

Piano

Calliope
11 Who is playing the calliope?

Mr. Dark

Nobody

The Dust Witch

Mr. Cooger
12 To where does Jim vanish during the first day of the carnival?

The Wax Museum

The Theater

The Mirror Maze

The Carousel
13 What do the boys find as they are leaving the carnival on the first day?

A woman frozen in a block of ice

Miss Foley as a little girl

Tom Fury's bag of lightning rods

Charles, staring into the Mirror Maze
14 Which carnival attraction is marked with an out-of-order sign?

The Roller Coaster

The Carousel

The Wax Museum

The Ferris Wheel
15 What do the boys see when they hide in the tree after their first meeting of Mr. Cooger and Mr. Dark?

Mr. Dark riding the carousel backwards

Mr. Cooger riding the carousel backwards

Mr. Dark riding the carousel forwards

Mr. Cooger riding the carousel forwards
16 Who do the boys rescue from the Mirror Maze during the carnival's first day?

Miss Foley

Charles

Mrs. Nightshade

Mrs. Halloway
17 Who does Miss Foley see in the Mirror Maze?

The Dust Witch

An older woman who looks just like her

The Illustrated Man

A little girl who looks just like her
18 What song does the carousel play?

The Funeral March

Mozart's Requiem

Death and the Maiden

Ave Maria
19 What lies in the alley between the two boys' homes, on which they play songs to communicate at night?

An old iron fence

An old wooden boardwalk

Their bicycles

A box full of found treasures
20 Where does Jim go when he sneaks from his window alone?

The library

Miss Foley's house

The police station

The carousel
21 Who does Mr. Cooger become when he rides the carousel backwards?

Jim

Miss Foley's son

Miss Foley's newphew

Will
22 What does Robert throw down to the boys on Miss Foley's lawn?

Free carnival passes

Cotton Candy

Miss Foley's jewelry

Rocks
23 Which character becomes the carnival attraction called Mr. Electrico?

Charles

The Dust Witch

Mr. Dark

Mr. Cooger
24 Who becomes the carnival freak called The Dwarf?

Charles

Jim

Tom Fury

Will
25 What does Mr. Dark give the boys after he shows them Mr. Electrico?

A warning

A bible

A photo of each of them at age 20

Carnival passes

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