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Book Club Preview: The Graveyard Book – Chapter 2

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Warm-up Questions

What do you think a “book club preview” will include (summary, opinions, or vocabulary)?
From the title, what do you predict Chapter 2 (“A New Friend”) will be about?
Have you ever read (or watched) a story where a child makes an unusual friend? What happened?

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Book Club Preview: The Graveyard Book – Chapter 2

Setting and meeting a new friend (00:00 – 03:15)

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1. Why can’t Bod leave the graveyard?

Because the ghosts forbid it as punishment
Because he doesn’t know the way out
Because it is not safe and people want to hurt him
Because he is sick and needs to rest

2. What is Bod doing when the little girl first approaches him?

Digging in the hill
Reading a scary story to ghosts
Building little houses in a chapel
Copying and writing letters to practice

3. Why do Scarlett’s parents think ‘Nobody’ is imaginary?

Because the ghosts tell them he isn’t real
Because Scarlett says the boy lives in a graveyard
Because they never see him and assume he’s an imaginary friend
Because Bod tells them directly that he is imaginary

Book Club Preview: The Graveyard Book – Chapter 2

The oldest person and the hidden passage (03:15 – 08:36)

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1. What does the Roman man say about the oldest presence in the cemetery?

There is one older than him
There is no one older than him
The oldest person left long ago
The oldest person is Scarlett’s father

2. What do Bod and Scarlett do to deal with the frightening ‘indigo man’?

They run back up immediately without speaking
They call Scarlett’s parents for help
They decide he is imaginary (like a scarecrow), and he disappears
They offer him food and ask him to help them

3. According to what they learn, what is the Sleer’s job?

To guide lost children out of the graveyard
To wait for the master and protect the master’s treasures
To punish anyone who enters the chapel
To teach Bod how to read and write

Book Club Preview: The Graveyard Book – Chapter 2

Aftermath, goodbye, and vocabulary (08:36 – 13:12)

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1. What do Scarlett’s parents do when they can’t find her?

They ask Bod to help search the graveyard
They assume she is hiding and wait at home
They move away immediately without telling her
They call the police and search frantically

2. What does Silas say about whether Bod will see Scarlett again?

He will definitely see her every week
Yes, because Scarlett will move into the graveyard
Probably not
Only if Bod leaves the graveyard

3. In the vocabulary section, what does the speaker say ‘sober’ means?

Clear-headed (the opposite of drunk)
Sleepy and tired
Careless and risky
Angry and impatient

Book Club Preview: The Graveyard Book – Chapter 2

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1. What is one major theme highlighted in this preview?

How to win arguments with friends
Different perspectives on what is ‘real’ or ‘imaginary’
Why old buildings should be destroyed
How to become a professional scientist

2. Which statement best describes Bod’s situation in this chapter?

He is free to travel anywhere, but chooses to stay
He is trapped in the graveyard but gains special abilities there
He is being trained to become a police officer
He lives in a city and hates the countryside

3. Why does Scarlett get into serious trouble after the underground adventure?

The police accuse her of stealing treasure
Her parents think she lied and fear she was in danger
She breaks a valuable object in the chapel
Bod tells her parents to punish her

Discussion Questions

Discuss the ideas from this video

Book Club Preview: The Graveyard Book – Chapter 2

Do you agree with the idea that adults sometimes treat real things as “imaginary” (or the opposite)? Give an example.
Was it a good idea for Bod to take Scarlett down the secret passage? Why or why not?
If you were Scarlett’s parent, what would you think happened in the graveyard?
What is the most mischief you have gotten into with a friend?