Characters from The Zombie Survival Guide

Character Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major characters in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Characters

The Author/Narrator - This person uses his fictionalized guise as a zombie expert to impart knowledge and advice to the reader.

Zombies - These are people who have died of a viral disease called Solanum.

Dr. Jan Vanderhaven - This person discovers and names the virus Solanum, which infects humans and causes them to become undead creatures.

Yahya Bey - This person is the only survivor of his town when it is attacked late at night.

Sextus Sempronios Tubero - This person is a Roman merchant who discovers that decapitation kills the undead...
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