BoB 2022-23 3rd Practice Questions

In which book does a girl's grandmother keep joeys in pillowcases and possums in boxes?

• Dragon Skin

• Ice Dogs

• The Girl from the Sea

• Troublemaker

Answer explanation

Answer is in page 103.

Pip' grandma kept Joeys in pillowcase and possums in boxes. Pip felt a rush of excitement, imagining what her grandmother would think of Little Fella.

In which book does the panoramic view of a town with its the cars, houses, stores, signs and traffic lights make a ghost feel that "not even Heaven itself can be so rich and beautiful"?

• Scritch Scratch

• They Called Us Enemy

• WhatisHisface

• Ground Zero

Answer explanation

Answer is in page 45.

As. they drive, Cooper holds up his phone, giving Roddy a panoramic view of Stratford. There are crs and other vehicles, houses, stores, neon signs, and traffic lights.

"Surely not even Heaven itself can be so rich and beautiful" is the young ghost's opinion, gushed into the earbud.

In which book does one friend give another a bracelet with a blue shark charm dangling from it: she hopes it will give her friend courage?

• The Girl from the Sea

• The Ogress and the Orphans

• Dragon Skin

• Scritch Scratch

Answer explanation

Answer is in page 183-184.

Sliding one of the bracelets off, she press it into my hand. It has charm with a bue shark on it. "This one is from my tri to Martha's Vineyard," ... Pround of myself for being brave and fr surviving even though it was scary."

In which book is are tiny hand-stitched books, meticulously inked with tiny brushes, delivered to all the people in town at night?

• Toublemaker

• The Ogress and the Orphans

• Worser

• WhatIsHisface

Answer explanation

Answer is in page 323.

The next day, people in town woke up to find that someone had carefully placed an object on their doorsteps. And, in a few cases, right into their hands as they slept.

A tiny hand-stitched book. Each one was meticulously inked with tiny brushes, and contained painstakingly detailed illustrations showing dense forests or grand castles or the churning waves of a stormy ocean.

In which book does a boy tell his companion that maybe they would feel better if they just said what was really worrying them, instead of keeping it all inside?

• Ground Zero

• Ice Dogs

• The Ogress and the Orphans

• WhatIsHisface

Answer explanation

Chris Kicks at the snow. He rubs his face with his hands, and after a slight pause, says in a lower tone, "So you're yelling at me about being fro the city, but what you're really mad at is that we don't have anything to eat, right? I'm worried about that too, you know. You might felt better if you tell me what you're really worried about instead of keeping it all to yourself."

In which book do we learn that in 1913 the rumor of a child with horns, scaly skin, and pointed ears apparently had everyone in town talking?

• Scritch Scratch

• Dragon Skin

• Ground Zero

• Troublemaker

Answer explanation

Answer is in page 30-31.

I laugh to myself as he continues explaining, because really, how could anyone believe in a devil baby with red eyes? Nineteen thirteen must have been a wild time, becuse te rumor of a child with horns, scaly skin, and pointed ears apparently had everyone talking.

In which book are broken wings repaired with paddle-pop sticks?

• Ice Dogs

• The Girl from the Sea

• Dragon Skin

• Troublemaker

Answer explanation

Answer is in page 114.

She had to be sure that he could refold the wings with the paddle-pop sticks in place so ahe had to restart, several times.

In which book does a character read a sign in a coffee shop that says, "Coffee, do stupid stuff faster and with more energy"?

• Ice Dogs

• Ground Zero

• Scitch Scratch

• Worser

Answer explanation

Answer is in page 62.

We were sitting in the booth farthest away from the only other people in the shop. I was staring at the sign on the wall: Coffee. Do stupid stuff faster and with more energy.

In which book do learn that "rock to fakie" is a skateboarding trick?

• They Called Us Enemy

• Troublemaker

• Worser

• Ground Zero

Answer explanation

Answer is in page 79.

Brandon put his feet on the wall, going vertical like he was doing a rock t fakie, a skateboarding trick whee you came al the way to the top of the half-pipe, popped half your board over the rim, and then rolled down again backward.

In which book does a boy get in trouble for being able to recite the lines of the lead character in a play, reciting them better than the original actor?

• Dragon Skin

• The Ogress and the Orphans

• WhatsHisFace

• Ice Dogs

Answer explanation

Answer is in page 121-123.

Brock reaches over to the deejay station, pulls off the microphone, and les out an enormous belch. Magnified by the sound system, it makes the rafters ring.

As a last resort, Brock recites the speeches along with Cooper. It's his part, after all. Cooper continues on, letter-perfect. He and Julie continue the scene - line by line, Romeo and Juliet - While Brock struggles to keep up.

At last, Mr. Marchese steps in, concerned about what Brock's angry red face might lead to.