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Battle of the Books Practice 4.16.2021

Total questions: 48

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In which book is the leader of the children named Romeo?

a)

90 Miles to Havana by Enrique Flores Galbis

b)

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba & Bryan Mealer

c)

Undefeated by Steve Sheinkin

d)

The Watch that Ends the Night by Allan Wolf

2.

In which book does a boy given a pin thanking someone for taking care of her children?

a)

Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys

b)

A Good Kind of Trouble by Lisa Moore Ramée

c)

The Hired Girl by Laura Amy Schlitz

d)

90 Miles to Havana by Enrique Flores Galbis

3.

In which book does a boy think the man’s teeth are too long to be human?

a)

Under the Mesquite by Guadalupe Garcia McCall

b)

90 Miles to Havana by Enrique Flores Galbis

c)

Deathwatch by Robb White

d)

Book Scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

4.

In which book does a boy give someone a pack of Cuban cigars for $10?

a)

90 Miles to Havana by Enrique Flores Galbis

b)

Alexander Hamilton: The Making of America by Teri Kanefield

c)

Marcus Vega Doesn’t Speak Spanish by Pablo Cartaya

d)

Bluefish by Pat Schmatz

5.

In which book does the youngest brother get searched before leaving for America?

a)

Home of the Brave by Katherine Applegate

b)

90 Miles to Havana by Enrique Flores Galbi

c)

Song for a Whale Lynne Kelly

d)

Nyxia by Scott Reintgen

6.

In which book does a boy have a golden swallow hidden in his suitcase?

a)

Counting By 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan

b)

New Kid by Jerry Craft

c)

Deathwatch by Robb White

d)

90 Miles to Havana by Enrique Flores Galbi

7.

In which book did an elegant woman exclaim she is 17 and give an angry wail?

a)

Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger

b)

Bloom by Kenneth Oppel

c)

Fatal Fever by Gail Jarrow

d)

The Bridge Home by Padma Venkatrama

8.

In which book did a man keep saying “Whot”?

a)

Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger

b)

Home of the Brave by Katherine Applegate

c)

Cinder by Marissa Meyer

d)

The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud

9.

In which book does a character have a really great sense of hearing?

a)

The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud

b)

Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson

c)

Prisoner B-3087 by Alan Gratz

d)

Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga

10.

In which book is there a group of kids who hunt for ghosts?

a)

Maybe He Just Likes You by Barbara Dee

b)

Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk

c)

The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud

d)

The Iron Trial by Holly Black and Cassandra Clare

11.

In which book is there a thing called being “Ghost Touched”?

a)

Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky by Kwame Mbalia

b)

Paper Things by Jennifer Richard Jacobson

c)

A Good Kind of Trouble by Lisa Moore Ramée

d)

The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud

12.

In which book do characters arrive at a haunted house?

a)

Outcasts United by Warren St. John

b)

The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud

c)

Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger

d)

Death on the River of Doubt by Samantha Seiple

13.

In which book is a family staying in a shack that’s approximately ten feet by twelve feet?

a)

Between Shades of Grey by Ruta Sepetys

b)

Under the Mesquite by Guadalupe Garcia McCall

c)

The Bridge Home by Padma Venkatraman

d)

Look Both Ways by Jason Reynolds

14.

In which book does a mother pay a woman for a single potato, and then again for the privilege to boil it?

a)

Between Shades of Grey by Ruta Sepetys

b)

Ashes to Asheville by Sarah Dooley

c)

I Will Always Write Back by Caitlin Alifirenka & Martin Ganda

d)

Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky by Kwame Mbalia

15.

In which book does a character hear her mothers voice, warning her to be careful, but her hand begins to move?

a)

Ghost by Jason Reynolds

b)

The Hired Girl by Laura Amy Schlitz

c)

Between Shades of Grey by Ruta Sepetys

d)

Genesis Begins Again by Alicia D. Williams

16.

In which book do characters begin to sing “Take Me Back to My Homeland”?

a)

Alexander Hamilton: The Making of America by Teri Kanefield

b)

Prisoner B-3087 by Alan Gratz

c)

Between Shades of Grey by Ruta Sepetys

d)

90 Miles to Havana by Enrique Flores-Galbis

17.

In which book did someone go to war over a dead best friend's glowing journal?

a)

Tristan Strong Punches A Hole In The Sky by Kwame Mbalia

b)

Under the Mesquite by Guadalupe Garcia McCall

c)

The Watch That Ends the Night by Allan Wolf

d)

Bloom by Kenneth Oppel

18.

In which book does it say you got your own problems you don't want to hear about my struggles right?

a)

Song for a Whale by Lynne Kelly

b)

Tristan Strong Punches A Hole In The Sky by Kwame Mbalia

c)

Look Both Ways by Jason Reynolds

d)

Paper Things by Jennifer Richard Jacobson

19.

In which book is there a flying raft?

a)

Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger

b)

Maybe He Just Likes You by Barbara Dee

c)

Nyxia by Scott Reintgen

d)

Tristan Strong Punches A Hole In The Sky by Kwame Mbalia

20.

In which book is a girl constantly asked if she is in the military, or on the run from the feds?

a)

Book Scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

b)

Ashes to Asheville by Sarah Dooley

c)

The Alchemyst by Michael Scott

d)

The Crossover by Kwame Alexander

21.

In which book does a girl ask a boy how he knows who the owner of a successful game is if he does not play the game?

a)

Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys

b)

All of the Above by Shelley Pearsall

c)

Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson

d)

Book Scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

22.

In which book does the older brother of the protagonist call San Francisco, “Frisco”?

a)

Book Scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

b)

Counting By 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan

c)

Home of the Brave by Katherine Applegate

d)

All of the Above by Shelley Pearsall

23.

In which book does an online person named Raven help the two main protagonists?

a)

Book Scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

b)

Deathwatch by Robb White

c)

Look Both Ways by Jason Reynolds

d)

Undefeated by Steve Sheinkin

24.

In which book does someone say “that doesn’t sound like the safest idea to me. You’ve seen me skate in here- I’d probably get hit by an 18-wheeler"?

a)

Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson

b)

A Good Kind of Trouble by Lisa Moore Ramée

c)

The Iron Trial by Holly Black and Cassandra Clare

d)

Fatal Fever by Gail Jarrow

25.

In which book does someone say “I was a new woman. I was going to be tough! Strong! Fearless!”

a)

New Kid by Jerry Craft

b)

The Hired Girl by Laura Amy Schlitz

c)

Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson

d)

Counting By 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan

26.

In which book does a character start asking a friend to stop practicing and watch Xanadu, a musical on roller skates?

a)

Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson

b)

Ghost by Jason Reynolds

c)

Counting By 7s by Holly Goldberg Sl

d)

Bluefish by Pat Schmatz

27.

In which book does a character start finding coins under benches, at the bottom of the slide, and at the busted water fountain, then does not want to stop?

a)

Bloom by Kenneth Oppel

b)

Michael Vey: The Prisoner of Cell 25 by Richard Paul Evans

c)

Under the Mesquite by Guadalupe Garcia McCal

d)

Paper Things by Jennifer Richard Jacobson

28.

In which book is a character more distressed than another character expected them to be?

a)

Paper Things by Jenifer Richard Jacobson

b)

All of the Above by Shelley Pearsall

c)

Marcus Vega Doesn’t Speak Spanish by Pablo Cartaya

d)

Cinder by Marissa Meyer

29.

In which book is a character's stomach trés rolly as they walk into school on Friday?

a)

Paper Things by Jennifer Richard Jacobson

b)

Ghost by Jason Reynolds

c)

Marcus Vega Doesn’t Speak Spanish by Pablo Cartaya

d)

Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk

30.

In which book does someone talk on the phone most of the time on the bus?

a)

Bloom by Kenneth Oppel

b)

Prisoner B-3087 by Alan Gratz

c)

Ghost by Jason Reynolds

d)

Alexander Hamilton: The Making of America by Teri Kanefiel

31.

In which book does a kid say that he runs for himself?

a)

All of the Above by Shelley Pearsall

b)

Ghost by Jason Reynolds

c)

Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys

d)

Beyond the Bright Sea by Lauren Wolk

32.

In which book does the counselor have a large jar of jelly beans on his desk?

a)

Counting By 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan

b)

All of the Above by Shelley Pearsall

c)

Marcus Vega Doesn’t Speak Spanish by Pablo Cartaya

d)

Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson

33.

In which book does the character categorize kids into four groups he calls THE STRANGE?

a)

Alexander Hamilton: The Making of America by Teri Kanefield

b)

Counting By 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan

c)

Look Both Ways by Jason Reynolds

d)

Marcus Vega Doesn’t Speak Spanish by Pablo Cartaya

34.

In which book does the character give red lava rocks away for free because people love anything that they think is free?

a)

Counting By 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan

b)

A Good Kind of Trouble by Lisa Moore Ramée

c)

Michael Vey: The Prisoner of Cell 25 by Richard Paul Evans

d)

Look Both Ways by Jason Reynolds

35.

In which book is someone taken to a Nazi prison camp for Jews?

a)

Prisoner B-3087 by Alan Gratz

b)

Song for a Whale by Lynne Kelly

c)

Deathwatch by Robb White

d)

Book Scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

36.

In which book is the main character named Yanek?

a)

Prisoner B-3087 by Alan Gratz

b)

Under the Mesquite by Guadalupe Garcia McCall

c)

Alexander Hamilton: The Making of America by Teri Kanefield

d)

Cinder by Marissa Meyer

37.

In which book does the main character and their 2 friends hide under the floorboards?

a)

Prisoner B-3087 by Alan Gratz

b)

A Good Kind of Trouble by Lisa Moore Ramée

c)

Fatal Fever by Gail Jarrow

d)

Song for a Whale by Lynne Kelly

38.

In which book does someone slam the screen door on his way through, went into his tiny box of a bedroom, and shut the door?

a)

Bluefish by Pat Schmatz

b)

All of the Above by Shelley Pearsall

c)

I Will Always Write Back by Caitlin Alifirenka & Martin Ganda

d)

Marcus Vega Doesn’t Speak Spanish by Pablo Cartaya

39.

In which book was someone surprised to see the same plate she had been drying for quite some time when she looked down after someone told her, "if that plate gets any drier it's going to turn to dust"?

a)

The Hired Girl by Laura Amy Schlitz

b)

Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk

c)

Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson

d)

Fatal Fever by Gail Jarrow

40.

In which book did someone become even more irritated with a military subordinate aide when he learned their quarrel was public?

a)

Alexander Hamilton: The Making of America by Teri Kanefield

b)

Michael Vey: The Prisoner of Cell 25 by Richard Paul Evans

c)

Undefeated by Steve Sheinkin

d)

Death on the River of Doubt by Samantha Seiple

41.

In which book is there a fried plaintain sandwich with garlic mayonnaise, tomato, and onions?

a)

Marcus Vega Doesn’t Speak Spanish by Pablo Cartaya

b)

The Bridge Home by Padma Venkatraman

c)

Prisoner B-3087 by Alan Gratz

d)

A Good Kind of Trouble by Lisa Moore Ramée

42.

In which book is there a great lake of dark sparkling clear water, held there by the stone?

a)

Bloom by Kenneth Oppel

b)

Deathwatch by Robb White

c)

Nyxia by Scott Reintgen

d)

Bluefish by Pat Schmatz

43.

In which book did someone sometimes spice up geography lessons with talk of gemstones caught and kept--and sometimes buried--by pirates like the wily William Kidd?

a)

Beyond the Bright Sea by Lauren Wolk

b)

Book Scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

c)

Under the Mesquite by Guadalupe Garcia McCall

d)

Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga

44.

In which book were there only about a half dozen mages, but they seemed to fill the space with their presence?

a)

I Will Always Write Back by Caitlin Alifirenka & Martin Ganda

b)

The Alchemyst by Michael Scott

c)

The Iron Trial by Holly Black and Cassandra Clare

d)

Maybe He Just Likes You by Barbara Dee

45.

In which book does someone name a cow Gol?

a)

Home of the Brave by Katherine Applegate

b)

Cinder by Marissa Meyer

c)

Book Scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

d)

Song for a Whale by Lynne Kelly

46.

In which book is someone called by the name of a disease?

a)

Fatal Fever by Gail Jarrow

b)

Look Both Ways by Jason Reynolds

c)

Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger

d)

The Crossover by Kwame Alexander

47.

What do you think the paper chain around the door is for? (Hint: You'll Be Happy at the End of the Countdown)

a)

Decoration

b)

Birthday Countdown

c)

Countdown to a Major Test

d)

End of Year Countdown

48.

In which book is there a pair of basketball-playing twins whose dad was famous for playing basketball?

a)

Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson

b)

The Crossover by Kwame Alexander

c)

Prisoner B-3087 by Alan Gratz

d)

Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga