2023 BoB 15th Practice Questions

In which book are the authorities trying to force people to become vegetarian because vegetables are more efficient?

• Our Castle by the Sea

• Among the Hidden

• The Ogress and the Orphans

• Ground Zero

Answer explanation

Answer is in page 80.

"The Government's been trying to force everyone, even the Baron's, to become vegetarians."

"Why?" Luke asked.

Jen handed him his glass.

"Something about vegetables being more efficient," she said. "Farmers have to use a

lot more land to produce one pound of meat than to produce a pound of soybeans."

In which book does a girl feel resentful that, while she works from sunrise to sunset, her brother has time for games and practical jokes?

• The Girl from the Sea

• Troublemaker

• The Wind Singer

• Ground Zero

Answer explanation

Answer is in page 10-11.

As a boy, Pasoon had time for games and practical jokes. His only chore was to take the goats up into the mountains to graze for a few hours. As a girl, Reshmina worked from the moment she woke up until she went to sleep at night. While Pasoon had been lying in wait for her, Reshmina had been hauling water up from the river.

In which book does a girl tell her love interest that their relationship has to be a secret?

• The Girl from the Sea

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

• While I Was Away

• Among the Hidden

Answer explanation

Answer is in page 94.

In which book does a woman introduce a large clamshell, with two eyes drawn crudely in ink, as her mother?

• Our Castle by the Sea

• Lintang and the Pirate Queen

• Dragon Skin

• Lizard's Tale

Answer explanation

Answer is in page 101.

She picked up a large clamshell from the counter. "I'm Dee, and this is my mother, Farah."

Lintang wan't sure where Dee's mother was hiding until Dee snapped the clamshell open and closed and said in a squawky voice, "Pleased to meet you."

Lintang blinked at the shell. Then at Dee. On top of the shell were two eyes drawn crudely with ink.

In which book is a mother's boyfriend made out of anger, with an armour of anger, anger blood and a heart that is solid anger?

• While I Was Away

• The Girl from the Sea

• Dragon Skin

• Ground Zero

Answer explanation

Answer is in page 111.

Lights had come on in the street and dogs were barking. The race car engines were screaming. Matt was made completely out of anger. He wore an armour of anger and he had anger blood and he had a heart tat was slid anger. He couldn't broken.

In which book does a girl's name mean "Rock. Stone... And stone is strong"?

• Our Castle by the Sea

• Dragon Skin

• Efren Divided

• Lintang and the Pirate Queen

Answer explanation

Answer is in page 266.

Do you know what the name Petra means? I can tell you if you don't know. It means rock. Stone.

I was a Daughter of Stone now.

And stone is strong.

In which book does an ambitious politician promote divisive, racist rhetoric even though he knows he is talking about a hundred thousand people who have not been charged with a crime?

• Troublemaker

• Ground Zero

• Serafina's Promise

• They Called Us Enemy

Answer explanation

Answer is in page 20.

In which book does a storekeeper get so lost in a book during his breaks that he forgets to go back to his cash register?

• Worser

• Troublemaker

• WhatsHisFace

• Lizard's Tale

Answer explanation

Answer is in page 136.

Umma and Appa both worked hards, but the thing is, Appa was never good at it. Appa would sometimes get so lost in a book during his break that he would forget to go back to the cash register.

In which book are dinner plates, drinking glasses and empty bottles smashed against a wall?

• Alone

• Troublemaker

• Ground Zero

• The Ogress and the Orphans

Answer explanation

Answer is in page 317.

In which book does a boy become extremely angry when his mother's former student recognizes her in a grocery store?

• WhatsHisFace

• Efren Divided

• Worser

• Troublemaker

Answer explanation

Answer is in page 121.