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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. Why did Scarlett move back to England?

2. Why will nobody living talk to Bod about the music?

3. What bothers Bod about Mo?

4. Why did Jacks want Bod dead?

5. What does the person at the gate do when Bod leaves?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Silas and Bod part ways?

2. Why does Bod want to go to school?

3. How does Bod defeat the Jacks’?

4. How does Miss Lupescu die?

5. Why do the ghosts say nothing to Bod about the Danse Macabre?

6. How do Bod and Scarlett part?

7. What happens at the Danse Macabre?

8. What makes Bod so happy when he says goodbye to Liza?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Liza was a minor character in the novel who made a huge impact on the plot. How did she accomplish this, and how would the plot have been altered had she not been included in the story line?

Essay Topic 2

Bod gives up his safety at the living school to stop the bullying he sees. How does Bod stop the bullying at school, and why is this an important decision in his life?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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