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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 is the treasure in the graveyard?

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

3. How does Nobody feel when he enters the oldest grave in the graveyard?

4. What lie does Silas tell the murderer?

5. What was Liza killed for?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Bod learn to read and write?

2. What changes Bod’s mind about Miss Lupescu?

3. How did Bod get into the ghoul land?

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

5. How does Bod meet Liza?

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

7. How did Liza die?

8. Please describe the ghoul land.

9. What does Silas say he will do to help the child who comes to the graveyard?

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

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

Training and education are topics of discussion in the novel. Where do these topics appear in the novel, and what affect do they have on the characters involved in those scenes?

Essay Topic 3

Bod’s ideas about Miss Lupescu change a number of times in the novel. What are the different stages of this relationship, and what causes the changes?

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