• What tactic does Mr. Dark use to try to manipulate Mr. Halloway and the boys in the library? (41 & 42)

• How does Will’s sobbing physically affect Mr. Dark? (42)

• Why does Dark ask the boys if they are “on Everest?” (42)

• Dark crushes Mr. Halloway’s LEFT hand.  Look up the significance of the left hand. (43)

• What does Dark’s reference to a clock at the end of chapter 43 mean?

• What does Mr. Halloway realize about his age at the start of chapter 44?

• What empowers the witch?  What disables her?  (44)

• Chapter 45 begins the section titled “Departures” – what transformation takes place at the end of chapter 44 that marks a turning point in the novel?

• How does Dark tempt Jim and threaten Will in chapter 45?

• How is volunteering for the bullet trick out of character for Mr. Halloway?  What transformation do we see in his character? (45)

• Why does Dark clench his fist as Mr. Halloway was about to fire? (47)

• What silent message does Mr. Halloway send the Dust Witch? Why is this important? (47)

• What causes the death of the Dust Witch? (48)

• What saves Mr. Halloway from the images he sees in the Mirror Maze? (49)

• What happens to the Mirror Maze and what causes this? (50)

• How does Mr. Dark attempt to ensnare Mr. Halloway, and how does Halloway respond? (52)

• What revelation does Mr. Halloway have about fear and evil? (52)

• Notice the use of BREATH in chapters 48 & 53.

• How does Mr. Halloway react when Will cries and why? (54)

• Chapter 54 demonstrates the full evolution of the relationship between Mr. Halloway and his son.  Describe this change.

• What do the three characters do to the carousel and why?  What do they realize about temptation? (54)

• How does Mr. Halloway respond when Will asks if the carnival characters will return?  What does this teach us about evil? (54)

• What does Charles realize about the death at the novel’s close? (54)

• The 3 characters all touched the signal base at the same instant.  How is this significant, given Mr. Halloway’s insecurities at the beginning of the novel? (54)

Do not go gentle into that good night,

Old age should burn and rave at close of day;

Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Though wise men at their end know dark is right,

Because their words had forked no lightning they

Do not go gentle into that good night.

Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright

Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,

Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,

And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,

Do not go gentle into that good night.

Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight

Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,

Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

And you, my father, there on the sad height,

Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.

Do not go gentle into that good night.

Rage, rage against the dying of the light.