Something Wicked This Way Comes Quizzes

Something Wicked This Way Comes Quiz 1

1 Who is older, Will or Jim, and by how much?
Will, by 2 minutes

Will, by 1 year

Jim, by 1 year

Jim, by 2 minutes
2 How much do the boys pay for the lightning rod?
$1

$0

$10

$5
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?
Lawyer

Janitor

Cashier

Clerk
5 What do the boys smell in the air before the night when the carnival arrives?
Licorice and cotton candy

Fallen leaves

Pumpkins

Smoke
6 What is the Theater?
A window at a house in town

A place where Jim and Will like to play

An attraction at the carnival

A movie theater
7 What does Will's father hold in his hands, as Will returns home to find both parents sitting by the fire?
A flier from the circus

A picture of himself when he was younger

A book from the library

A picture of the family
8 Why does Jim say he doesn't want to have any children?
Because people die

Because he doesn't want to get married

Because he doesn't like kids

Because he doesn't want the responsibility
9 What does Tom Fury see in a store window?
His reflection, as an older man

A woman frozen in a block of ice

Will and Jim stealing candy

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

Trombone

Harpsichord

Piano
11 Who is playing the calliope?
Mr. Dark

The Dust Witch

Nobody

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

The Carousel

The Mirror Maze

The Theater
13 What do the boys find as they are leaving the carnival on the first day?
Charles, staring into the Mirror Maze

Miss Foley as a little girl

Tom Fury's bag of lightning rods

A woman frozen in a block of ice
14 Which carnival attraction is marked with an out-of-order sign?
The Wax Museum

The Roller Coaster

The Ferris Wheel

The Carousel
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 forwards

Mr. Dark riding the carousel backwards

Mr. Cooger riding the carousel backwards

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

Mrs. Halloway

Mrs. Nightshade

Miss Foley
17 Who does Miss Foley see in the Mirror Maze?
An older woman who looks just like her

A little girl who looks just like her

The Dust Witch

The Illustrated Man
18 What song does the carousel play?
Death and the Maiden

The Funeral March

Mozart's Requiem

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

Their bicycles

An old iron fence

An old wooden boardwalk
20 Where does Jim go when he sneaks from his window alone?
The police station

The carousel

Miss Foley's house

The library
21 Who does Mr. Cooger become when he rides the carousel backwards?
Miss Foley's son

Will

Jim

Miss Foley's newphew
22 What does Robert throw down to the boys on Miss Foley's lawn?
Free carnival passes

Miss Foley's jewelry

Rocks

Cotton Candy
23 Which character becomes the carnival attraction called Mr. Electrico?
Mr. Cooger

Charles

The Dust Witch

Mr. Dark
24 Who becomes the carnival freak called The Dwarf?
Tom Fury

Will

Charles

Jim
25 What does Mr. Dark give the boys after he shows them Mr. Electrico?
A bible

Carnival passes

A photo of each of them at age 20

A warning