The Graveyard Book

Mister Owens’s insistence that the baby has “nothing to do with us and is no part of our world” (page 9) mainly suggests that _______ .

• A. Mister Owens is more timid than his wife
• B. the baby is scared of ghosts
• C. the ghostly inhabitants are discouraged from interacting with the living

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

The appearance of the strange, static-like ghost (page 10) mainly reveals that ________.

• A. the mother and the baby will miss each other
• B. ghosts are capable of being scared
• C. the baby's mother has recently died, and the man Jack had something to do with it

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which of the following inferences about Jack and The Stranger is best supported by page 14?

• A. The Stranger senses Jack's bad motives for being in the graveyard.
• B. The Stranger and Jack think the baby's crying sounds like a fox.
• C. The Stranger is waiting for the right moment to take Jack's knife.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Which of the following statements about the graveyard community is most strongly supported by the text?

• A. They treat Mistress Owens as an outcast because she is recently dead.
• B. They are cautious of the living and think the graveyard is not the place for a baby.
• C. Most of the community is opposed to the adoption because they don't trust Mistress Owens.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which of the following reasons best explains why Mistress Owens wants to adopt the mysterious baby?

• A. Because she and Mr. Owens never had a child while they were alive
• B. Because the ghost of the boy’s mother begs them to keep her son safe
• C. both A and B

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Which quotation from the text best supports the answer to Question 5?

• A. [Mistress Owens:] “Yes! If we can, then we will. Owens? Will you be a father to this little lad?”
• B. [Mistress Owens:] “We never had a child and his mother wants us to protect him.”
• C. [Mister Owens:] “Then yes, if you will be its mother, I will be its father.”

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which of the following statements about The Stranger (Silas) is most strongly supported by pages 18-20?

• A. He is an outsider whom none of the other ghosts in the cemetery respect.
• B. He is feared by the ghosts of the graveyard, but the living don’t find him very scary.
• C. He compliments and flatters people in order to persuade them to do things his way.

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Which quotation from the text best supports the answer to Question 7?

• A. [Silas:] “For good or evil – and I firmly believe that it is for good – Mrs. Owens and her husband have taken this child under their protection.”
• B. [Silas to Male Ghosts:] “I can leave the graveyard and return. I can bring him food.”
• C. [Silas to Female Ghost:] “You are a wise woman. I see why they speak so highly of you.”

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3