The Graveyard Book - Chapter 6

1.

Multiple Choice

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1 pt

What was the book that Bod wanted to read but belonged to the ghost, Thackeray Porringer?

Others See Us

Robinson Crusoe

The Graveyard Book

Tom Sawyer

2.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Why was Bod "invisible" and "forgettable" at his new school?

He was not in the roll book or computers

He was often in the back of the classroom reading

The teachers and kids forgot about him easily

All of the above

3.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Who was Nick Farthing's partner in crime?

Ro

Bo

Mo

Slow

4.

Multiple Choice

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1 fact about Mo was that...

Mo was very tall

Mo was really Maureen

Mo was a boy who looked 16

Mo was kind and gentle

5.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Who was the kid that Bod attempted to help first?

Paul

Bob

Dave

Nick

6.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

In what way did Bod FIRST help the kid who was being blackmailed and bullied?

Bod had a meeting with the principal

Bod confronted the bullies and fought them

Bod had Silas scare the bullies away

Bod gave him some good advice

7.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

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What supernatural skills did Bod use on Mo and Nick after they followed him into the graveyard?

Fear and Dream Walk

Fade and Dream Walk

Fade and Fear

Fear and Haunting

8.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What is Nick Farthing most afraid of?

Rats

Spiders

Clowns

Snakes

9.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

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How does Silas feel about Bod becoming noticed at school?

Silas is fearful

Silas is sad

Silas is angry

Silas is proud

10.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

How did Mo make sure that Bod got arrested?

She called in a fake bomb threat to the cops and blamed it on Bod

She faked a black eye and bruises, told her parents and blamed Bod

She told her uncle, a policeman, that Bod had been committing crimes

She planted fake drug evidence on Bod, then called the Drug Hot line

11.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

When Bod was arrested, what crime did he supposedly commit?

Someone sprayed graffiti all over the school bathrooms

Someone sliced the tires on the principal's car

Someone was breaking windows in the neighborhood

Someone robbed the ATM at the corner bank

12.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Who came to tell Silas that Bod had been arrested?

Nick

Mrs. Owens

Mr. Owens

Liza

13.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

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When the policemen hit "someone" with their car, Bod calls out, "You hit...my _________!"

Dad

Uncle

Friend

Grandpa

14.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

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Who ran in front of the Police Car to save Bod?

Silas

Liza

Paul

Nick

15.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

How does Bod try to scare Mo in detention?

Bod invades her mind and gives her nightmares

Bod makes the dead animals in the glass lab beakers move

Bod uses the skill of Fear to freak her out

Bod Fades and then reappears causing her to scream

16.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What does Bod threaten to do to Mo before he leaves the school?

Tell her parents everything

Follow her everywhere she goes

Haunt her

Give her nightmares

17.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What did Bod and Silas learn through this "going to school" experience?

That Bod may need to spend a bit more time among humans

That Silas has severe anger management issues

That Bod is afraid and fearful to stand up to others

That Bod may need to try a different school to be successful

18.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What superpower does Silas use to get Bod away from the police and get him back to the graveyard?

Silas uses his mind control and has the police drive them back to the graveyard

Silas flies Bod back in his "bat" form

Silas uses his extreme speed to run them back to the graveyard

Silas grabs Bod, folds him in his cloak, and flies him back to the graveyard

19.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Identify the figurative language in this quote about Silas: "At the best of times his face was unreadable. Now, his face was a book written in a language long forgotten..." (p. 194)

simile

metaphor

oxymoron

personification

20.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Identify the figurative language in this quote: "Silas wrapped the shadows around him like a blanket..."(p. 194)

simile

metaphor

oxymoron

personification

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