BoB 2023 4th Practice Questions

In which book does a Christmas dinner include turkey soup, canned cranberry relish and canned squash?

• Lizard's Tale

• Alone

• The Ogress and Orphans

• Whatishisface

Answer explanation

Answer is in page 165.

Christmas

I make Christmas dinner:

turkey soup

canned cranberry relish

canned squash

boxed cornbread stuffing with dried apricots

canned apple pie filling

In which book does a boy draw on his experience as a skateboarder when he is in a difficult situation: if you fall, you need to get back up again?

• Ground Zero

• They Called Us Enemy

• Dragon Skin

• Whatishisface

Answer explanation

Answer is in page 78.

But the thing he'd learned about skateboarding was that if you gave up after you took a fall, you were never going to be a skater. You always crashed, even when you got good at skateboarding.

In which book do a group of students put on a dramatic performance in front of an audience?

• Troublemaker

• Whatishisface

• Worser

• The Not-So-Uniform Life of Holly-Mei

Answer explanation

Answer is in page 263.

Rainbow and Snowy were right. At the ed of our performance, the crowd is on their feet, the applause thunderous. I even hear a few bravos. The clapping doesn't stop, so w glance at each other, smile, and bow again.

In which book do three friends plan to lie about a secret sleepover?

• Dragon Skin

• Alone

• The Girls from the Sea

• Scritch Scratch

Answer explanation

Answer is in page 13.

Our Weekend Plan

(or, How I Got Myself into This Mess)

We are going

to lie

to our parents

and have

a

secret sleepover.

In which book does a school look like a smaller-sized British Museum?

• Serafina's Promise

• Efren Divided

• The Not-So-Uniform Life of Holly-Mei

• They Called Us Enemy

Answer explanation

Answer is in page 77.

The school looks more amazing in person than in the photos on the website. It's like I stepped into ancient Greece - the building has dozens of columns, ad I half expect someone to walk out in a toga. Rosie tells us it's a scaled-down replica of the British Museum.

In which book does a middle school student count out loud the fifty-four steps to her apartment to distract her from the creepy sounds and smells of the alley side entrance to her building?

• Scritch Scratch

• The Ogress and the Orphans

• Lizard's Tale

• Alone

Answer explanation

Answer is in page 8.

"Thirteen...fourteen...fifteen..." I focus on counting as I make my way past the first set of dumpsters. A faint scurrying behind one of them makes my hands go clammy. It's just an alley, Claire. It may be challenging to remember, but it isn't dirty or scary or smelly. It's fascinating. A squeaking sound echoes of. the brick walls around me.

In which book does a girl compare her brother to a worm who thinks he's a snake?

• Dragon Skin

• They called Us Enemy

• Troublemaker

• Ground Zero

Answer explanation

Answer is in page 161.

"You're so stupid, Pasoon!" Reshmina told him. She pulled herself to her feet. "You're like a worm who crawls into a snake's nest and says, 'Hey, what are we snakes going to do today?' You're just a little baby playing to being a grown-up!"

In which book does a creature slurp strands of spaghetti one by one?

• Ice Dogs

• Lizard's Tale

• Dragon Skin

• They Called Us Enemy

Answer explanation

Answer is in page 83-84.

She opened the ring pull and placed a strand o spaghetti near the corner of Little Fella's mouth.

Schlupp.

In slid another strand.

Another and then another.

A tiny dragon slurping spaghetti.

In which book does a girl's uncle tell her, "the more you pretend at being something, the closer you are to making it real?

• Troublemaker

• They Called Us Enemy

• Alone

• Ice Dogs

Answer explanation

Answer is in page 153.

Uncle Leonard tells me the more you pretend at being something, the closer you are to making it real. So just make sure you're pretending the right things. It becomes a habit.

In which book does a boy try using a pogo stick to go to school and ends up launching himself like a missile into a hedge?

• Whatishisface

• Troublemaker

• Ground Zero

• Ice Dogs

Answer explanation

Answer is in page 17.

The spring end comes down in a crack in the sidewalk, and the pogo stick is launched like a missile. With a cry of shock, Cooper is tossed into a hedge. The last thing he sees before hitting the scratchy branches is his phone flying out of his pocket.