NEW
Font size
WorksheetsBattle of the Books- Northfield Quiz 1
Total questions: 58
Worksheet time: 29mins
In which book does the main character describe their favorite fruit as pomegranate?
The Boy at the Back of the Class
Playing the Cards You're Dealt
Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls
Dumping Days
Which book features a character who is from Syria?
The Boy at the Back of the Class
Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls
Playing the Cards You're Dealt
Starfish
Which book features a Rhino named Tatertot?
The Incredibly Dead Pets of Rex Dexter
Dumpling Days
Starfish
Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls
Which book features a chicken named "Tatertot"?
Dumpling Days
Before John was a Jazz Giant
The Incredibly Dead Pets of Rex Dexter
Mexikid
Which book has a butterfly on the front cover?
The Way of the Hive
Ancestor Approved
Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls
Dumpling Days
In which book is a snack called "Kibbeh" described?
Mexikid
The Boy at the Back of the Class
The Incredibly Dead Pets of Rex Dexter
Ancestor Approved
Which book features the Martin family?
Mexikid
Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls
Ancestor Approved
Before John was a Jazz Giant
Which book features a family living in California?
Mexikid
Dumpling Days
The Boy at the Back of the Class
Playing the Cards You're Dealt
Which book features a specialty dish called "Birria"?
Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls
Mexikid
Ancestor Approved
Dumpling Days
Which book features a grandfather who is the narrator?
Ancestor Approved
Dumpling Days
Playing the Cards You're Dealt
Before John was a Jazz Giant
In which book does the narrator refer to a character as "Youngblood"?
Mexikid
The Incredibly Dead Pets of Rex Dexter
Before John was a Jazz Giant
Playing the Cards You're Dealt
What book referred to a phonograph?
Mexikid
Ancestor Approved
Starfish
Before John was a Jazz Giant
In what book did Grandpa give Sunday sermons?
Mexikid
Ancestor approved
Before John was a Jazz Giant
Dumpling Days
Which book features John Coltrane?
The Incredibly Dead Pets of Rex Dexter
Before John was a Jazz Giant
Ancestor Approved
The Boy at the Back of the Class
Name that quote: “He was all ears.”
The Way of the Hive
Playing the Cards you are Dealt
Before John was a Jazz Giant
The Boy at the Back of the Class
Name that quote: “And water is wet”
Playing the Cards you are Dealt
Starfish
Cece Rios
The Way of the Hive
Name that quote: “Did you really mean to bring a live deer into the motorhome?”
The Boy at the Back of the Class
Ancestor Approved
The Way of The Hive
Mexikid
Name that quote: “Personally, I would rather focus on TV than my big brother Noe while I eat.”
Before John Was a Jazz Giant
Mexikid
Ancestor Approved
Dumpling Days
Name that Quote: "Did you know the peach symbolizes longevity?”
Dumpling Days
Before John Was a Jazz Giant
Cece Rios
Ancestor Approved
What book is based in the United Kingdom?
Playing the Cards You're Dealt
Starfish
Before John Was a Jazz Giant
The Boy at the Back of the Class
In what book does the author claim to name a character after the hometown of the world’s greatest college basketball team?
Playing the Cards You’re Dealt
Ancestor Approved
Starfish
The Way of the Hive
In which book does a character say, "What's better than a cannonball? Three cannonballs?"
The Incredibly Dead Pets of Rex Dexter
Ancestor Approved
Starfish
Dumpling Days
In which book is there a painting of three birds on a bamboo?
Starfish
The Incredibly Dead Pets of Rex Dexter
Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls
Dumpling Days
In which book is a character's first job "ventilation"?
Playing the Cards You're Dealt
The Way of the Hive
The Boy at the Back of the Class
Before John was a Jazz Giant
In which book does a character have a sister who drinks a lot of coffee?
Ancestor Approved
Before John Was a Jazz Giant
Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls
The Boy at the Back of the Class
In which book is the character reading a book called "Bud, Not Buddy" for school?
Playing the Cards You're Dealt
The Way of the Hive
The Boy at the Back of the Class
Before John Was a Jazz Giant
In which book did the main characters receive a letter from the queen?
Ancestor Approved
Before John Was a Jazz Giant
Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls
The Boy at the Back of the Class
"The sound of crying unicorns and weeping rainbows fills my head."
Dumpling Days
Mexikid
The Incredibly Dead Pets of Rex Dexter
Ancestor Approved
The main character in this book likes to eat wax apples
Dumpling Days
Mexikid
The Incredibly Dead Pets of Rex Dexter
Ancestor Approved
In which book does a character have an Aunt Catrina?
Starfish
The Incredibly Dead Pets of Rex Dexter
Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls
Dumpling Days
Which book had a picture of a tap dancer
Mexikid
Playing the Cards You're Dealt
Before John was a Jazz Giant
The Way of the Hive
In which book does a character have a pet pug named Gigi?
Starfish
The Incredibly Dead Pets of Rex Dexter
Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls
Dumpling Days
In which book does a character say, "I'm six years younger than you, not sixty."?
Dumpling Days
Playing the Cards You're Dealt
Before John Was a Jazz Giant
The Way of the Hive
Which book has a chapter titled "Mr. Iron's Nose"?
The Way of the Hive
Dumpling Days
Mexikid
The Boy at the Back of the Class
In which book does a character say, "You're crying again. I don't know what to do--stop."
Dumpling Days
Mexikid
The Incredibly Dead Pets of Rex Dexter
Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls
In which book does a character say, "Good grief! She squished Bob!"?
The Way of the Hive
The Incredibly Dead Pets of Rex Dexter
Before John Was a Jazz Giant
Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls
In which book does the school lunch include an artichoke pizza on wheat flatbread?
Dumpling Days
Starfish
The Incredibly Dead Pets of Rex Dexter
Before John Was a Jazz Giant
"They're coming to you because they need something. They need you to help them."
The Incredibly Dead Pets of Rex Dexter
Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls
Dumpling Days
The Way of the Hive
In this book, we learn about "name chops".
The Way of the Hive
Starfish
Dumpling Days
Before John Was a Jazz Giant
In which book did the main character begin playing the clarinet at age 12?
Playing the Cards You're Dealt
The Incredibly Dead Pets of Rex Dexter
Playing the Cards You're Dealt
Before John Was a Jazz Giant
In which book did a group of people dig up a grave?
Dumpling Days
Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls
Mexikid
The Way of the Hive
Which book has a chapter titled "The Underground Flow"?
Playing the Cards You're Dealt
The Way of the Hive
Dumpling Days
Mexikid
"She's the first person to smile at me today. The first to make me feel wanted. Understood. I blink back tears. It's unknown how many student's lives librarians have saved welcoming loners at lunch."
Playing the Cards You're Dealt
The Boy at the Back of the Class
Starfish
Dumpling Days
"Sometimes words hang around longer than people, even when you don't want them to."
Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls
Starfish
Playing the Cards You're Dealt
The Boy at the Back of the Class
"Sometimes I think everyone likes to believe a lie even when they know it's a lie because it's more exciting than the truth."
Ancestor Approved
The Boy at the Back of the Class
The Incredibly Dead Pets of Rex Dexter
Mexikid
"That entire world is full of hearts searching for a place to call home. But Refugees are different, because they don't just look for a home. They look for peace too. And because of that, they possess the most special hearts anyone could ever have."
Playing the Cards You're Dealt
The Way of the Hive
The Boy at the Back of the Class
Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls
"The fat on my body never felt as heavy as your words on my heart."
Starfish
The Way of the Hive
Cece Rios and The Desert of Souls
Dumpling Days
"Sometimes all you really need is somewhere to cry without anyone ever knowing."
The Boy at the Back of the Class
Starfish
Playing the Cards You're Dealt
Ancestor Approved
"Every kid needs one place they can escape to when life gets to be too much."
Ancestor Approved
Starfish
Mexikid
The Incredibly Dead Pets of Rex Dexter
"Why aren't kids allowed to tell grown-ups when they're wrong? They don't know everything. Sometimes it's as if they don't know anything."
Mexikid
The Boy at the Back of the Class
Dumpling Days
Starfish
"I nodded but didn't say anything because I suddenly missed my Aunt Selma an awful lot. It's funny how you can go for long bits of time without even thinking of someone, and then suddenly feel all wrong because you realize they're not around anymore."
The Boy at the Back of the Class
Starfish
Dumpling Days
Ancestor Approved
"DNA doesn't make you family. Love does. Actions do."
Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls
Mexikid
Dumpling Days
Starfish
"And I thought maybe he'd like a fruit he used to have at home all the time- before the bullies dropped bombs on everything and made him run away."
Before John Was a Jazz Giant
The Boy at the Back of the Class
Playing the Cards You're Dealt
The Incredibly Dead Pets of Rex Dexter
"The library is my safe harbor since I dare not go into the cafeteria alone, a whale surrounded by starving sharks."
Starfish
Before John Was a Jazz Giant
Playing the Cards You're Dealt
Ancestor Approved
"When grown-ups fully understand technology, kids will be in big trouble. Until then, we rule the planet."
Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls
Mexikid
Playing the Cards you are Dealt
Starfish
"I'm a poet, so I love music because lyrics are sung poems."
Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls
Starfish
Ancestor Approved
Dumpling Days
"A friend hears what you say with silence."
The Boy at the Back of the Class
Ancestor Approved
Starfish
Mexikid
" "You aren't the center of the universe, y'know." "So I've been told." "
The Way of the Hive
Ancestor Approved
Playing the Cards You're Dealt
Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls
