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

The young boy is able to escape from the murderer at the beginning of the novel by simply sneaking out in his diaper and walking towards the graveyard. He is so quiet when he leaves that Jacks does not hear him and cannot find where he goes.

2. What happens at the very beginning of the novel and why does this take place?

At the very beginning of the novel, a man named Jacks sneaks into a house and uses a knife to murder the mother, father, and young girl living there. He is not able to kill the boy living there.

3. Who is Mrs. Owens and why does she have such a desire to protect the young child at the beginning of the novel?

Mrs. Owens is a ghost in the graveyard. She has a deep desire to take care of the young child because she did not have children of her own when she was alive, and she made a promise to the newly deceased mother of the child that she would help protect him.

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