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The Graveyard Book Chapter 1-4

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    Comprehension questions about The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman chapters 1-4.
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  • What is the main setting where Nobody Owens (Bod) grows up in Chapters 1–4 of The Graveyard Book?
    The graveyard
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  • Who becomes Bod’s guardian and often brings him food from the living world?
    Silas
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  • What name do the graveyard folk give the child found by Mrs. Owens?
    Nobody Owens (Bod)
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  • Which living girl becomes Bod’s friend in Chapter 2?
    Scarlett Perkins
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  • What is the name of the creature that guards the ancient chamber in the hill?
    The Sleer
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  • Who teaches Bod grammar and composition?
    Miss Letitia Borrows
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  • What kind of creatures kidnap Bod and take him toward Ghûlheim?
    Ghouls
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  • What two moons or sky features does Bod see over Ghûlheim?
    Two moons (one large white and one bluish-green)
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  • Who arrives to look after Bod while Silas is away and later reveals a supernatural form?
    Miss Lupescu
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  • What is Miss Lupescu’s true nature when she rescues Bod?
    A Hound of God (wolf-like protector / lycanthrope)
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  • What item does Bod find in the Sleer’s chamber that he tries to sell?
    A snakestone brooch
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  • Which shopkeeper tries to trap Bod to get the brooch and calls in an accomplice?
    Abanazer Bolger
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  • What is the single-word name on the black-edged card tied to danger and the antagonist?
    Jack
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  • What lesson technique does Mr. Pennyworth teach Bod that Bod struggles with?
    Fading (slipping from notice)
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  • What does Bod paint on the paperweight he leaves as Liza Hempstock’s marker?
    E.H. and “we don’t forget”
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  • How do the night-gaunts respond when Bod calls to them in their tongue?
    They hear and once help (they answer/help him)
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