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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. How does the Lady on the Grey help the living?

2. Why is Silas worried about Bod going to school?

3. Who scolds Jacks at the interlude?

4. Where does Bod get a flower for himself?

5. What last name does Bod take at school?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the Lady on the Grey?

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

3. Why does Bod want to go to school?

4. What helps Bod be successful at school?

5. How does Bod defeat the Jacks’?

6. What does Mrs. Owens say before Bod leaves the graveyard?

7. What is Jacks threatened with?

8. How does the novel end?

9. What replaces the living school for Bod when he stops attending?

10. What does Scarlett do that puts Bod in danger?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Miss Lupescu’s death is very shocking to Bod. How does Miss Lupescu die, and what does this symbolize to Bod?

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