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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. Where does the interlude take place?

2. What does Bod help the students at his school to do?

3. What is in the leather trunk?

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

5. When does the Lady on the Grey help the living?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Bod feel during the Danse Macabre?

2. How does the novel end?

3. How is Scarlett able to remember Bod?

4. How do Bod and Scarlett part?

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

6. What does Mo do to the other students at school?

7. What strange things does Scarlett find when she researches the death of Bod’s family?

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

9. Why does Bod want to go to school?

10. How is it decided that Bod will no longer go to school?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Silas plays a very interesting role in the storyline. What is Silas's role in the novel, and how did he go about fulfilling it to the best of his ability?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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?

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