2023 BoB 13th Practice Questions.

In which book is a puppet ruler not allowed to leave his apartments?

• Among the Hidden

• The Ogress and the Orphans

• They Called Us Enemy

• The Wind Singer

In which book is a girl upset that her new home won't have Snapchat or Instagram?

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

• While I Was Away

• Alone

• Our Castle by the Sea

Answer explanation

Answer is in page 25.

In which book does the death of a young woman at her wedding inspire her younger brother to seek revenge against her killers?

• Troublemaker

• Lintang and the Pirate Queen

• Ground Zero

• The Wind Singer

Answer explanation

Answer is in page 130.

In which book does a spectre admire the inventions of the 21st century: remarking that the "ovens cook without fire and thy chamber pots need never be emptied outdoors"?

• WhatsHisFace

• Scritch Scratch

• Ice Dogs

• Serafina's Promise

Answer explanation

Answer is in page 65.

In which book does a girl confess to her brother about dating a boy their parents do not approve of?

• Among the Hidden

• Troublemaker

• Lizard's Tle

• The Girl from the Sea

Answer explanation

Answer is in page 156.

In which book does a girl reflect on the usefulness of a handkerchief in one part of the world and its uselessness in another?

• The Ogress and the Orphans

• Dragon Skin

• Our Castle by the Sea

• While I Was Away

Answer explanation

Answer is in page 62.

In which book does a new neighbour, who two girls once referred to as "spooky", turn out to be their grandfather?

• Our Castle by the Sea

• The Ogress and the Orphans

• While I Was Away

• Scritch Scratch

Answer explanation

Answer is in page 259.

Spooky Joe was our grandfather. He was Pa's dad.

In which book do the shrieks of the useless lightning bird make skin bumpy from shivers?

• Dragon Skin

• The Ogress and the Orphans

• Lintang and the Pirate Queen

• Scritch Scratch

Answer explanation

Answer is in page 92.

She looked up, trying to match the sound to the birds above.

"The lightning bird." Captain Shafira said as Lintang caught sight of a black dot soaring high above the talrosses.

"What does it do?" Lintang asked."Is it sft?"

"Useless bird," Eire said between grunts. "It shrieks and makes skin bumpy from shivers."

In which book is there a rally planned outside the President's house?

• They Called Us Enemy

• Among the Hidden

• The Ogress and the Orphans

• Ground Zero

Answer explanation

Answer is in page 109.

In which book does one bookworm tell another that she always reads the endings of books first?

• Worser

• While I Was Away

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

• Efren Divided

Answer explanation

Answer is in page 29.