Nobody Owens Facts
He tells all the 9-11 year-olds (the ones that Nick and Mo bully) how to stand up to Mo and Nick and stop giving them their pocket change every day. This prompts Mo and Nick to go after Bod.
What does Liza wish she had in the graveyard.
A gravestone.
Ms. Lupescu and Silas
Explain in detail who Ms. Lupescu is, and what group she is apart of.
Ms. Lupescu is Bod's appointed caretaker when Silas leaves for the first time. We learn later that she is a werewolf, therefore a member of the Hounds of God.
The townspeople drowned and then burned her because they thought she was a witch.
What ultimately makes it possible for Bod to leave the graveyard.
The death of the Jacks.
Explain as much as you can about what "The Sleer" is.
The Sleer is an ancient, malicious spirit who inhabits a deep, ancient barrow grave and guards the treasure of his long-lost Master.
What did Mr. Frost claim to find to lure Bod upstairs.
A letter under a loose floor board.
How does Silas save Bod from being taken into the police station?
He jumps out in front of the police car and pretends to be dead. Bod says that the police officers just killed his dad, the police officers panic and let Bod go.
In his dream, where and what is Nick?
A captain on a pirate ship.
What was Bod trying to reach when he fell from the tree and injured himself? (and ultimately let to him meeting Liza the witch)
A ripe apple
What is an epitaph?
The inscription found on a tombstone that summarizes and memorializes the deceased.
What type of invaluable stone is in the brooch that Bod tries to sell? And why is Bod trying to sell the brooch?
Snakestone, and to buy a headstone for Liza the witch.
What are the names of the bullies at school who train 9 and 11 year-olds to had over their pocket change every day.
Nick Farthing and Mo Quilling
Why can Silas not participate in the dance Macabre?
Because he is neither dead, nor alive.
Who was Bod's tutor in the graveyard besides Ms. Lupescu and Silas.
Mr. Pennyworth. He usually teaches Bod about “elements and humors,” but he also instructs Bod in Fading.
Choose one of the following and explain who they were in life, and how they died.
Thackery Porringer or Caius Pompeius
In life, Thackeray Porringer was a painter’s apprentice who didn’t take kindly to his boss’s hazing ritual—sending Thackeray to find striped paint to paint a barber’s pole. When Thackeray realized he’d been tricked, he essentially died of anger. In death, Thackeray is just as angry and jealously looks after his copy of Robinson Crusoe, which was buried with him.
Many in the graveyard believe that Caius Pompeius was the graveyard’s first resident, though he shares with Bod that a soul much older than him was there first. A Roman who wanted to be buried in Britain rather than have his body shipped back to Rome, Caius Pompeius was buried about 2000 years ago. He generally keeps to himself, but he does come out of his slumber occasionally when Bod asks.
What does Bod use to cut a whole out of the bag and escape the Ghouls.
A Screw
When Jack goes to kill the baby Nobody, what does he find in the crib instead?
A teddy bear
What is Scarlett's address?
102a Acacia Avenue
What nickname does Ms. Lupescu give Bod.
Nimeni
What does The Lady on the Grey say about keeping Bod?
"The dead should have charity."
What new ghost appeared to the Mr. and Mrs. Owens the night of the murder?
The ghost of Bod's mother.
What two important "people" does Bod meet after he is taken by the Ghouls.
The 33rd President of the United States and the Emperor of China.
What is the name of the Ghost that complimented Bod on fading from Nick.
Amabella Persson