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The Graveyard Book - Chapters 1-2

Total questions: 82

Worksheet time: 44mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Discarnate

a)

Someone who has returned from the dead.

b)

Without a physical body.

c)

Little strength and solidity.

d)

Creation of light

2.

Convocation

a)

A person who has a lot of authority.

b)

The final state or end point of a process.

c)

A large formal assembly of people.

d)

To chew.

3.

Casement

a)

Suggest or hint in an indirect and unpleasant way.

b)

A part of a window that lets it open like a door.

c)

Present reasons against something.

d)

A stone tower or pillar.

4.

Democracy

a)

A system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representation.

b)

Little strength and solidity.

c)

Creation of light

d)

Someone who has returned from the dead.

5.

What does 'Dubiously' mean?

a)

In an uncertain or doubtful way.

b)

Acting in a systematic way.

c)

A system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representation.

d)

A person who has a lot of authority.

6.

Expostulated

a)

A large formal assembly of people.

b)

Cover, surround or encircle something.

c)

Present reasons against something.

d)

The state of lasting forever.

7.

What does luminescence mean?

a)

Creation of light.

b)

A person who has a lot of authority.

c)

A system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representation.

d)

The act of chewing.

8.

Insinuated

a)

Little strength and solidity.

b)

Cover, surround or encircle something.

c)

A part of a window that lets it open like a door.

d)

Suggest or hint in an indirect and unpleasant way.

9.

Insubstantial

a)

A stone tower or pillar.

b)

Little strength and solidity.

c)

The state of lasting forever.

d)

Refusing to do what others want.

10.

Perpetuity

a)

The final state or end point of a process.

b)

A large formal assembly of people.

c)

The state of lasting forever.

d)

Acting in a systematic way.

11.

Wreathed

a)

Cover, surround or encircle something.

b)

A stone tower or pillar.

c)

In an uncertain or doubtful way.

d)

Suggest or hint in an indirect and unpleasant way.

12.

Masticating

a)

A large formal assembly of people.

b)

Acting in a systematic way.

c)

To chew.

d)

In an uncertain or doubtful way.

13.

Culmination

a)

Refusing to do what others want.

b)

Acting in a systematic way.

c)

Someone who has returned from the dead.

d)

The final state or end point of a process.

14.

Revenants

a)

Without a physical body.

b)

A system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representation.

c)

Someone who has returned from the dead.

d)

A person who has a lot of authority.

15.

Methodical

a)

Without a physical body.

b)

The state of lasting forever.

c)

A part of a window that lets it open like a door.

d)

Acting in a systematic way.

16.

Obduracy

a)

Refusing to do what others want.

b)

The state of lasting forever.

c)

A person who has a lot of authority.

d)

The final state or end point of a process.

17.

Proconsul

a)

A part of a window that lets it open like a door.

b)

Suggest or hint in an indirect and unpleasant way.

c)

Present reasons against something.

d)

A person who has a lot of authority.

18.

Obelisk

a)

Creation of light

b)

A stone tower or pillar.

c)

Someone who has returned from the dead.

d)

A part of a window that lets it open like a door.

19.

The baby is taken in to be raised by:

a)

The Lady on the Grey

b)

Mr and Mrs Owens

c)

Mr and Mrs Caraway

d)

Miss Lupescu

20.

The baby is taken in to be raised by:

a)

The Lady on the Grey

b)

Mr and Mrs Owens

c)

Mr and Mrs Caraway

d)

Miss Lupescu

21.

This is the dance that the residents of the graveyard and the living people of the town dance together.

a)

Macabray

b)

Minuet

c)

Macarena

d)

Cha Cha

22.

This person has to cut four baskets of winter flowers and help hand them out to the people of the town.

a)

Nobody

b)

Claretty Jake

c)

The Lady Mayoress

d)

Mistress Owens

23.

How old is Nobody when he first comes to the graveyard?

a)

15

b)

6

c)

1 and a half

d)

less than a year

24.

This skill is the ability to disappear and walk unnoticed.

a)

Sliding

b)

Fading

c)

Dream walking

d)

Haunting

25.

After their first adventure in the Barrow, Scarlett moves to:

a)

London

b)

Ireland

c)

Scotland

d)

America

26.

This person's idea of lessons consisted of lists which must be memorised.

a)

Silas

b)

Mrs Owens

c)

Miss Lupescu

d)

Mr Pennyworth

27.

What sort of creatures try to take Bod away to become one of them?

a)

Ghosts

b)

Werewolves

c)

Ghouls

d)

Night- Gaunts

28.

Bod ends up in the Potters Field when he:

a)

Gets lost and hops on the wrong bus

b)

Falls out of a tree trying to get an apple

c)

Follows a fox through some bushes

d)

Decides to explore a new area of the graveyard

29.

How much money has Bod saved up?

a)

Fifty dollars

b)

Just over 2 pounds

c)

A few pennies

d)

None

30.

What does Bod plan to buy for a friend?

a)

Food

b)

A coat

c)

bus tickets

d)

A headstone

31.

What does Bod try to sell in order to get enough money for Liza's gift?

a)

His coat

b)

An old knife

c)

A brooch from the Barrow

d)

Mrs Owens' jewellery

32.

Who saves Bod from the shop where he is imprisoned?

a)

Silas

b)

Miss Lupescu

c)

Mrs Owens

d)

Liza

33.

Why does Silas say he is leaving the graveyard to travel?

a)

To obtain food

b)

To obtain money

c)

To obtain clothes

d)

To obtain information

34.

What is Bod's new teacher called?

a)

Miss Lupescu

b)

Mr Lupin

c)

Miss Lorgard

d)

Mr Loopco

35.

'Bod fell, tumbling through the darkness like a lump of marble' - What technique is being used?

a)

Personification

b)

Metaphor

c)

Simile

d)

Onomatopoeia

36.

What are these quotations describing? 'They are parasites and scavengers'

They 'move fast'

a)

Ghosts

b)

Hounds of God

c)

Ghouls

d)

Hounds of Ghouls

37.

Who saves Bod in Chapter 3?

a)

Mrs Owens

b)

Silas

c)

Miss Lupescu

d)

The Man Jack

38.

What is Miss Lupescu?

a)

Witch

b)

Hound of God

c)

Ghoul

d)

Bat

39.

In Chapter 3, Bod changes his opinion of Miss Lupescu.

a)

True

b)

False

40.

Name the technique: Hinting that something bad will come.

a)

Foreboding

b)

Hinting

c)

Giving a clue

d)

Tension

41.

Why do you think Silas had to leave the graveyard?

4 lines
42.

Which of these does not fit into the gothic genre?

a)

Night time

b)

Bats

c)

Storms

d)

Rainbow

43.

What time does Silas wake up?

a)

After sunset

b)

After sunrise

c)

Midday

44.

Bod has been given...

a)

Freedom of the Supernatural

b)

Graveyard privileges

c)

Freedom of the Graveyard

d)

Graveyard VIP status

45.

What is Bod's new friend called?

a)

Amber

b)

Rose

c)

Scarlett

d)

Ruby

46.

Bod can see and speak to the ghosts

a)

True

b)

False

47.

What technique is used here: 'a rustling slither, like a snake twining through dry leaves'?

a)

Metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

Personification

48.

How does Bod realise that the Indigo Man is imaginary?

a)

Because Scarlett can see him

b)

Because Bod can see him

c)

Because he looks ridiculous

d)

Because he is too scary

49.

What does the Sleer say it is there to do?

a)

Protect and Scare

b)

Haunt and Guard

c)

Guard and Protect

d)

Scare and Haunt

50.

Where is Scarlett moving to?

a)

Ireland

b)

Wales

c)

France

d)

Scotland

51.

When was tension built in this chapter?

4 lines
52.

Who is the author of this book?

a)

Gail Naiman

b)

Ned Gaiman

c)

Neil Gaiman

d)

Gary Naiman

53.

Which one of these would have been reason to believe you were a witch in the 17th Century? [select all that apply]

a)

Milk and butter had gone bad in your home

b)

You were very old

c)

You had blonde hair

d)

You were very young

54.

What did Liza Hempstock do to the town that killed her?

a)

Nothing - she was dead!

b)

Haunted them for years to come

c)

Forgave them

d)

Cursed them

55.

After listening to Liza's story, what does Bod want to do?

a)

Find out more about the plague

b)

Visit the town she lived in

c)

Get Liza a headstone

d)

Tell Silas the story

56.

Abanazer Bolger takes out a small card with black edges, what is written on the back?

a)

Nobody Owens

b)

Silas

c)

Jack

d)

Liza Hempstock

57.

Liza helps Bod turn invisible to humans - what is this skill called?

a)

Fading

b)

Invisibility

c)

Hiding

d)

Sneaking

58.

What technique is being used here?

He could feel the Sleer winding its waves of fear around him, like the tendrils of some carnivorous plant.

a)

Personification

b)

Simile

c)

Metaphor

d)

Onomatopoeia

59.

Why might the reader feel tense when reading Chapter 4?

4 lines
60.

Why does Bod steal a brooch from the Sleer?

a)

Because it looks pretty

b)

Because he is bored

c)

Because he thinks it is worth a lot of money

d)

To give it to Scarlett

61.

Chapter 4 is the first time Bod has left the graveyard since he was a baby.

a)

True

b)

False

62.

Silas is happy that Bod went out of the graveyard to explore.

a)

True

b)

False

63.

Where were the white blossoms growing?

a)

Outside the Owens' Tomb

b)

The Egyptian Walk

c)

By the Bartleby Mausoleum

64.

Who did NOT sing about the Macabray?

a)

Mother Slaughter

b)

Mistress Owens

c)

Louisa Bartleby

d)

Silas

65.

Why did Mrs Caraway and the two men some to pick the flowers?

a)

It was a tradition

b)

It was for a fundraiser

c)

So Mrs Caraway could win the next election

66.

How long has it been since the winter flowers have blossomed?

a)

60 years

b)

70 years

c)

80 years

d)

90 years

67.

Why did Silas bring Bod clothes

a)

So he could get used to them

b)

Because it was getting cold

c)

Because the sheet was a bit tattered

68.

Who said

"Gracious lady, this I pray: join me in the Macabray?"

a)

Bod

b)

Dr Trefusis

c)

Josiah Worthington

d)

Mr Owens

69.

Who did Bod dance with?

a)

Liza Hempstock

b)

Mistress Owens

c)

Fortinbras Bartleby

d)

The Lady on the Grey

70.

What does the Lady on the Grey promise Bod?

a)

That he would meet his parents

b)

That he would learn her name

c)

That she would dance with him again

d)

That he would one day ride her horse

71.

What distracted Bod from talking to Silas about the Macabray?

a)

Snow falling

b)

Mistress Owens calling him

c)

A stranger in the graveyard

72.

Who remembered the details of the previous night?

a)

Bod

b)

Silas

c)

Josiah Worthington

d)

Liza Hempstock

73.

Where were the white blossoms growing?

a)

Outside the Owens' Tomb

b)

The Egyptian Walk

c)

By the Bartleby Mausoleum

74.

Who did NOT sing about the Macabray?

a)

Mother Slaughter

b)

Mistress Owens

c)

Louisa Bartleby

d)

Silas

75.

Why did Mrs Caraway and the two men some to pick the flowers?

a)

It was a tradition

b)

It was for a fundraiser

c)

So Mrs Caraway could win the next election

76.

How long has it been since the winter flowers have blossomed?

a)

60 years

b)

70 years

c)

80 years

d)

90 years

77.

Why did Silas bring Bod clothes

a)

So he could get used to them

b)

Because it was getting cold

c)

Because the sheet was a bit tattered

78.

Who said

"Gracious lady, this I pray: join me in the Macabray?"

a)

Bod

b)

Dr Trefusis

c)

Josiah Worthington

d)

Mr Owens

79.

Who did Bod dance with?

a)

Liza Hempstock

b)

Mistress Owens

c)

Fortinbras Bartleby

d)

The Lady on the Grey

80.

What does the Lady on the Grey promise Bod?

a)

That he would meet his parents

b)

That he would learn her name

c)

That she would dance with him again

d)

That he would one day ride her horse

81.

What distracted Bod from talking to Silas about the Macabray?

a)

Snow falling

b)

Mistress Owens calling him

c)

A stranger in the graveyard

82.

Who remembered the details of the previous night?

a)

Bod

b)

Silas

c)

Josiah Worthington

d)

Liza Hempstock

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