WorksheetsThe Graveyard Book
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 23mins
The novel The Graveyard Book opens with what event or hook?
A man has murdered a family
A baby is born in a cemetery
A girl finds a magic door to an alternate world
A ghost rescues a baby
Which character(s) end up taking responsibility for the human baby?
The Man Jack
Mr. & Mrs. Owens
Miss Lupescu
The Lady on the Grey & Silas
What does the name Bod stand for?
Body
Somebody
Nobody
Boderick
Miss Lupescu turns out to be what kind of monster?
A witch
A werewolf
A vampire
A ghoul
Who is the first human the Bod makes friends with?
Silas
Jack
Scarlett
Liza Hempstock
What object does Bod steal from the Sleer?
A brooch
A knife
A cup
A necklace
What is the name the dead have for the festive dance of death that they participate with humans?
The Mahabharata
The Macabray
The Macarena
The Manifesto
Where does the man Jack live?
In the graveyard
In the suburbs near the train station
In London with his daughter
With his grandmother
What happens to Bod when he goes to a human school?
He is bullied
He learns that he is, in fact, human
He learns that Silas is a vampire
He learns the names of all the presidents
Which character returns in Chapter 7 (Every Man Jack)?
Nehemiah Trot
The Lady on the Grey
The Bishop of Bath & Wells
Scarlett
Where does Bod take Scarlett to hide from Mr. Frost and the other Jacks?
Under the Frobisher Tomb, Lair of the Sleer
The chapel crypt
The subway station
Bod's family's house at the top of the hill
Why did the Jack of All Trades (The Knaves) kill Bod's family?
For revenge
To protect themselves from a prophecy
For money and wealth
To sacrifice them for magical powers
Where has Silas been going when he "travels" for a long time away from the graveyard?
Drinking the blood of humans
Visiting the ghouls
Leading the Knaves back to the graveyard to trap them all
Killing the Jack of All Trades across the world
How does Bod trick Jack Frost and finally defeat him?
He manages to wrestle him to the ground and stab him with the Sleer's knife
He and Scarlett use their magic to banish him
He tells him that the Sleer is waiting for a new master to tell him what to do
He leads him to a gravestone where the ghouls snatch him up
What happens to Bod at the end of this book?
He leaves the graveyard to go live his life
He stays in the graveyard and becomes a member of the honor guard, protecting the borders between life and death
He defeats the Sleer, but his heart is broken and he leaves with the Lady on the Grey
He marries Scarlett and the two forget about their adventures in the graveyard
Neil Gaiman says the best stories include characters with conflicting objectives or desires. Choose ONE character from this book and explain how their desires and goals or objectives collide with the wants, goals, and objectives of other characters? Which character eventually gets what he/she/they want?
