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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 can Bod no longer walk through like he could?

2. Who is the first person Scarlett meets in the graveyard when she returns?

3. What is the first thing Bod does to get noticed?

4. What does the flower allow Bod to do?

5. How does Bod feel about leaving the cemetery?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens at the Danse Macabre?

2. What does Scarlett do that puts Bod in danger?

3. How does Bod defeat the Jacks’?

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

5. How is it decided that Bod will no longer go to school?

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

7. Why does Bod want to go to school?

8. Why does Silas finally allow Bod to go to school?

9. Who is the Lady on the Grey?

10. What is Jacks in trouble for?

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

Life and Death were two opposing and yet intricately related themes in the novel. How are these themes presented, and what message(s) was sent by the inclusion of this theme in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Bod had a very unconventional childhood. First, describe his upbringing. Then, explain how you think his childhood will affect his new life as an independent adult.

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