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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who asks Nobody many questions about the graveyard?
(a) Liza.
(b) Mrs. Owens.
(c) Scarlett.
(d) Silas.

2. What weapon is used to kill the family at the beginning of the novel?
(a) A knife.
(b) A gun.
(c) Arrows.
(d) A rope.

3. What color is the Grey Lady’s animal?
(a) Black.
(b) Grey.
(c) Brown.
(d) White.

4. Where is Nobody kept from going as a child?
(a) Outside the graveyard.
(b) The Unblessed ground.
(c) The crypt.
(d) The older side.

5. Why does Nobody ask Caius about the oldest grave in the cemetery?
(a) He is the nicest ghost.
(b) He is a teacher.
(c) He is the wisest ghost.
(d) He is the oldest ghost he knows of.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Scarlett’s parents encourage her to play with Nobody?

2. Who protects the young boy after his family is killed?

3. Who is Bod trying to help when he steals the treasure?

4. What kind of tree grows in the far corner of the cemetery?

5. What makes Bod a better student for Miss Lupescu?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens at the very beginning of the novel and why does this take place?

2. Who is Miss Lupescu?

3. Why do Scarlett's parents bring her to the cemetery so often?

4. Who is Caius and what is his place in the graveyard?

5. What happened to the other two people who have gone to see the treasure?

6. Who helps Bod in the pawn shop, and how?

7. How do most of the people in the graveyard feel about the young boy coming to live there?

8. How is the young boy able to escape from his home at the beginning of the novel?

9. What is Ghulheim?

10. How does Bod meet Liza?

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