Characters
Context Clues
Chapters 1-4
Challenge
Graveyard
100
What is the Dad's name?
Who is Dave.
100
What does the word wading mean on page 15 paragraph 2?
What is to walk in water, when partially immersed.
100
What did Molly and Heather find when they were exploring through the woods at the church?
What is a graveyard.
100
What kind of insect did Michael find in his room in the church?
What is a centipede.
100
What are the name of the kind of trees that are found in the graveyard?
What is oak trees.
200
What does the Dad do for a living?
What is he makes pottery.
200
What does the word coyly mean on page 5 paragraph 3?
What is shy; modest.
200
How did Heather's mom die?
What is in a fire.
200
Name 3 things that describe how the graveyard looks.
What is there are a lot of different answers.
200
Who's initials were on the lonely grave they found at the end of the chapter?
Who is Heather.
300
Who is the graveyard keeper?
Who is Mr. Simmons.
300
What does the word amble mean on page 35 paragraph 4?
What is to go slow.
300
What state is the church located?
What is Holwell, Maryland.
300
What is one reason that Mr. Simmons warns Heather to not play in the graveyard.
What is poison Ivy and snakes.
300
What is the name of the family that Michael found when he was exploring the graveyard? ( He made a joke about it)
What is the Berry family.
400
What are the names of the brother and sister that are Jeans?
Who is Molly and Michael.
400
What does the word scornful mean on page 41 on the paragraph 5?
What is derisive, contemptuous
400
Why did Michael not want to leave his hometown?
What is he didn't want to miss the enrichment program and the Science club.
400
Who are some people that Mr. Simmons knows that are buried in the graveyard?
What is his parents, sister, and his first grade teacher.
400
What gives you bad luck when you are in a grave site?
What is to step on the graves.
500
Where is the Dad's workshop located in their new home and where is the Mom's workshop located.
What is the carriage house and the choir loft.
500
What does the word reluctantly mean on page 22 paragraph 1?
What is struggling in opposition.
500
What did Michael want to do with the graveyard?
What is make it into an archeological project.( study the people's deaths.
500
Who is the author that writes poems that Molly enjoys?
Who is Emily Dickenson.
500
Heather found a grave covered by weeds. Name two interesting facts about the grave.
What is the girl was 7 years old. She had the initials H.E.H. There was no family buried beside it.