Ch 5: Danse Macabre
The Interlude
Ch 6: Nobody Owens' School Days
Character Review
Critical Thinking (SPECIAL POINTS)
100

What is the Danse Macabre?

What is a dance between the living and the dead? 

100
From whose perspective is "The Interlude" taken in? 

Who is The Man Jack? 

100

Why does Bod decide to go to school?

What is to learn more and be prepared for The Man Jack? 
100

Who is a Hound of God? 

Who is Miss Lupescu? 

100

What does the Lady on The Grey represent? 

What is death? 

200

Who leads the dance in the graveyard?

Who is The Lady on The Grey?
200

What organization is The Man Jack a part of?

Who are The Jack of All Trades? 

200

What problem does Bod encounter at school? 

What are bullies? 

200

Who is the character that was burned and drowned to death? 

Who is Liza Hempstock? 

200

What does Bod's invisibility at school represent?

What is his struggle between belonging to the living and the dead?

300

What do the villagers and ghosts wear during the Danse Macabre?

What are flowers? 

300

What do The Jacks of All Trades discuss with The Man Jack? 

What is Bod still being alive? 

300

How does Bod deal with the bullies? 

What is Bod uses his ghostly abilities to frighten them? 

300

What is unusual about Silas? 

What is he is neither alive or dead? 

300

"The dead and the living dance together for one night only." What does this symbolize?

What is the connection between life and death? 

400

How does Bod feel about the dance?

What are joyful and mysterious/curious? 
400

Where does Jack go in the Interlude?

What is a secret meeting with The Jacks of All Trades? 

400

Why does Silas warn Bod about going to school?

Acceptable answers: 

What is it makes him too noticeable? 

What is it puts Bod in danger? 

400

Who does Bod get the book Robinson Crusoe from? 

Who is Thackery Porringer? 

400

What lesson does Bod learn from trying to interact with the living world and with Silas? 

What is he must be careful, but also that he cannot stay in the graveyard forever?

500

What is unusual about the Danse Macabre in relation to the living and the dead?

What is the living forgetting the dance ever happened? 

500

What is hinted about the Jacks of All Trades' mission?

What is they have been killing people for a mysterious purpose? 

500

What does Bod’s experience at school and the police reveal about his character?

Possible Answers: 

What is he is not ready for the real world? 

What is his curiosity leads him to trouble? 

500

What are the creatures that take Bod to Gulheim called? 

What are ghouls? 

500

Why do the villagers forget the Danse Macabre?

What is it represents how people ignore or deny the presence of death in their daily lives?