SWTWC Reading Check: Ch 39-44

According to Charles Halloway, what fuels the carnival?

• money and other treasures

• the winds of time

• fear and pain

• impossible to tell

Why does Charles Halloway believe Mr. Dark won’t kill him at that moment?

• He possess some secret knowledge that Mr. Dark wants.

• He’s too smart to do something that reckless.

• Their lives have become interlinked for the time being.

• He wants to make him a partner in the carnival.

What book does Mr. Dark grab from Charles Halloway and throw in the trash?

• Macbeth

• The Bible

• The Sound and the Fury

• War and Peace

Where do the boys hide when Mr. Dark searches for them in the library?

• On a high bookcase shelf

• Under the checkout desk

• In the bathroom

• In a hidden alcove by the children's section

Who do Will and Jim see in the street when Mr. Dark faces them toward the window in the library?

• their mothers

• the police

• figures that look like them

• Jim's father

What does Mr. Dark instruct the Dust Witch to do?

• Stop Charles Halloway's heart

• Torture Will with long needles

• Burn the library to the ground

• Give a piece of her soul to Jim

Who is the other "freak" that's with the Dust Witch and the Dwarf?

• Mademoiselle Tarot

• Mr. Electrico

• the Demon Guillotine

• the Skeleton

How is the Dust Witch defeated?

• Mr. Dark kills her for not finding the boys a second time

• Will pushes over a shelf full of heavy books and crushes her

• Water from the sprinkler system

• By Charles Halloway's laughter