The Graveyard Book Quiz 1

What is the primary function of a knife?

• To cut or slice objects

• To write or draw

• To measure distances

• To illuminate a room

“. . . and wisps of nighttime mist slithered and twined into the house through the open door.” What do slithered and twined mean?

• Moved smoothly and twisted together

• Ran quickly and jumped

• Flew swiftly and scattered

• Stood still and separated

The author states, “His shoes were polished to such a shine that they look like dark mirrors.” What type of figurative language is demonstrated here?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

What did the man find in the crib in the attic?

• A teddy bear

• A stack of old letters

• A broken toy

• A dusty blanket

What is the setting of the novel?

• a graveyard in Australia

• a graveyard in England

• an old house in Scotland

• an old house in India

Why was Scarlett in the graveyard?

• She ran away from her mother.

• Her mother wanted her to have some exercise.

• She loves gravestones.

• Her mother was visiting her aunt’s gravestone.

How does Scarlett’s mother feel about Bod?

• She feels sorry for him because she knows what happened to his family.

• She feels comfortable with him because she thinks he goes to school with Scarlett.

• She is afraid of him because she knows he lives in a graveyard.

• She isn’t bothered by him because she thinks he is Scarlett’s imaginary friend.

What is the figurative language device? Nick Farthing is trouble.

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

What is the figurative language device? Trick or treat!

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

highest or final point

• sparse

• culmination

• methodical

• enduring

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CCSS.L.9-10.5