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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 helps Scarlett remember Bod?

2. What does the flower allow Bod to do?

3. What does Bod miss most when Silas leaves?

4. What causes Scarlett to return to the graveyard?

5. How does Bod feel about leaving the cemetery?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Scarlett able to remember Bod?

2. How do Silas and Bod part ways?

3. How does Bod try to stop Mo from doing what she does to the other students at school?

4. How does Bod defeat the Jacks’?

5. How does Bod feel during the Danse Macabre?

6. What helps Bod be successful at school?

7. What gets Bod upset before the Danse Macabre?

8. How do Bod and Scarlett part?

9. What happens at the Danse Macabre?

10. Why does Silas not want Bod to go to school?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Neil Gaiman has a very unique writing style. How would you describe this style, and why do you think that style was used for this particular story line?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

What is the prophecy made in the novel, and how did it affect each portion of the plot?

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