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The Graveyard Book Chapter 1-4

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