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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 causes Scarlett to return to the graveyard?

2. What happens to the living as soon as the music ends?

3. What method is used to teach Bod about the real world?

4. How does Silas save Bod after he goes to school?

5. Who meets Bod at the gate before he leaves?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Jacks threatened with?

2. How do Bod and Scarlett part?

3. How does the novel end?

4. Why does Bod want to go to school?

5. How does Bod feel during the Danse Macabre?

6. What strange things does Scarlett find when she researches the death of Bod’s family?

7. How does Bod defeat the Jacks’?

8. How is Scarlett able to remember Bod?

9. What does Mrs. Owens say before Bod leaves the graveyard?

10. How does Mr. Frost forge a relationship with Scarlett’s mother?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are a number of different settings in the novel. Describe some of these settings. Why might the author have chosen these settings for the plot to take place?

Essay Topic 2

Liza was a minor character in the novel who made a huge impact on the plot. How did she accomplish this, and how would the plot have been altered had she not been included in the story line?

Essay Topic 3

The Jacks’ are very interesting characters. Who are they, and what role do they play in this unique story line?

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