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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 time of day is the young boy's family killed?

2. What kind of grave is the oldest one in the cemetery?

3. What is Silas’s position in the graveyard?

4. How old is the young boy when his parents are killed?

5. What is the treasure in the graveyard?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Miss Lupescu?

2. How does Bod learn to read and write?

3. What keeps Jacks out of the cemetery after the young boy is taken in there?

4. Why does Bod go to a pawn shop?

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

6. How does Bod feel about Miss Lupescu when he first meets her?

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

8. How does Bod prepare to leave the cemetery for the first time?

9. What does Bod want to do for Liza and why?

10. What happens when Bod and Scarlett come back from seeing the treasure?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Diversity and discrimination are two major and related themes in the novel. Where do these themes appear, and how do they work together to propel the plot of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Mrs. Owens takes on the role of mother for Bod. Why does she do this and what does this say about her personality?

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