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Battle of the Books- DBE 2024

Total questions: 97

Worksheet time: 49mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In which book did a character make a wonderful discovery by following the scent of ripe berries?

a)

Snowflake Bentley

b)

Thelma the Unicorn

c)

The Bear Ate Your Sandwich

d)

On a Beam of Light

2.

In which book did a character mistakenly think he was in a forest?

a)

The Bear Ate Your Sandwich

b)

Sisters and Champions

c)

Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao

d)

Stellaluna

3.

Which book's story was told to another character by a dog?

a)

Snowflake Bentley

b)

The Bear Ate Your Sandwich

c)

The Word Collector

d)

Stellaluna

4.

In which book was a character's meal interrupted by the snorting sounds of dogs?

a)

The Bear Ate Your Sandwich

b)

Counting on Katherine

c)

Thelma the Unicorn

d)

Watercress

5.

In which book did a character fall asleep while being rocked gently on a boat?

a)

Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao

b)

Thelma the Unicorn

c)

Stellaluna

d)

The Bear Ate Your Sandwich

6.

In which book did characters live in a tough, sometimes scary part of Los Angeles?

a)

Watercress

b)

Stellaluna

c)

The Word Collector

d)

Sisters and Champions

7.

Which book stated that it was believed that people without money weren't supposed to "dream so big?"

a)

The Word Collector

b)

Thelma the Unicorn

c)

Sisters and Champions

d)

On a Beam of Light

8.

In which book did people find it hard to believe that a world famous sports star could come from a tough neighborhood?

a)

Snowflake Bentley

b)

Counting on Katherine

c)

Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao

d)

Sisters and Champions

9.

Which book was about two siblings who were very different from one another-- but shared the same dream?

a)

The Word Collector

b)

Sisters and Champions

c)

Stellaluna

d)

Snowflake Bentley

10.

In which book did a father stress the importance of school and that families always stick together?

a)

Sisters and Champions

b)

Stellaluna

c)

Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao

d)

Thelma the Unicorn

11.

In which book were characters told "if you fail to prepare properly, you prepare to fail!"

a)

The Bear Ate Your Sandwich

b)

The Word Collector

c)

Sisters and Champions

d)

Thelma the Unicorn

12.

In which book did a character become a professional athlete at the age of fourteen?

a)

Thelma the Unicorn

b)

Counting on Katherine

c)

Snowflake Bentley

d)

Sisters and Champions

13.

In which book did siblings compete against each other in an international tournament?

a)

Sisters and Champions

b)

The Word Collector

c)

Stellaluna

d)

Watercress

14.

In which book did characters' parents say they were special, made of magic and big hearts?

a)

Stellaluna

b)

Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao

c)

On a Beam of Light

d)

Sisters and Champions

15.

In which book were siblings ranked number one and two in a world championship?

a)

Snowflake Bentley

b)

Sisters and Champions

c)

The Word Collector

d)

Watercress

16.

In which book did a father's lifelong dream for his children come true?

a)

The Word Collector

b)

Stellaluna

c)

Watercress

d)

Sisters and Champions

17.

Which book featured characters who played in the Olympics four times, winning three gold medals?

a)

Snowflake Bentley

b)

The Word Collector

c)

Sisters and Champions

d)

Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao

18.

Which book featured characters who never gave up their dream, even though they had suffered from illness and injuries?

a)

Snowflake Bentley

b)

On a Beam of Light

c)

Thelma the Unicorn

d)

Sisters and Champions

19.

Which book quoted a character saying: "My first job, is big sister. And I take that very seriously."

a)

Sisters and Champions

b)

Counting on Katherine

c)

Watercress

d)

On a Beam of Light

20.

In which book did a character "love snow more than anything else in the world?"

a)

The Word Collector

b)

Counting on Katherine

c)

Snowflake Bentley

d)

Stellaluna

21.

Which book featured a character who grew up on a farm in Vermont?

a)

Snowflake Bentley

b)

The Bear Ate Your Sandwich

c)

The Word Collector

d)

Watercress

22.

In which book did a character state that he read an entire set of encyclopedias?

a)

Sisters and Champions

b)

The Word Collector

c)

Snowflake Bentley

d)

Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao

23.

In which book did a character state that he read an entire set of encyclopedias?

a)

Sisters and Champions

b)

The Word Collector

c)

Snowflake Bentley

d)

Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao

24.

In which book did a character study all forms of moisture, using a microscope?

a)

Sisters and Champions

b)

The Word Collector

c)

Snowflake Bentley

d)

Watercress

25.

In which book did a character find that snowflakes are "masters of design" since no one design is ever repeated?

a)

Counting on Katherine

b)

Thelma the Unicorn

c)

On a Beam of Light

d)

Snowflake Bentley

26.

In which book did a character want a special camera-- equipped with a microscope-- so that he could share his favorite hobby with others?

a)

Snowflake Bentley

b)

The Word Collector

c)

Counting on Katherine

d)

Watercress

27.

In which book did a character state that he had received a gift from "King Winter?"

a)

The Bear Ate Your Sandwich

b)

The Word Collector

c)

Snowflake Bentley

d)

Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao

28.

In which book did a character gently tie a grasshopper to a flower so he could find it and photograph it in the morning?

a)

The Bear Ate Your Sandwich

b)

Snowflake Bentley

c)

The Word Collector

d)

Stellaluna

29.

In which book did a character have a book published when he was 66 years old?

a)

Sisters and Champions

b)

The Word Collector

c)

Watercress

d)

Snowflake Bentley

30.

In which book did a farmer develop "microphotography?"

a)

Snowflake Bentley

b)

Counting on Katherine

c)

Thelma the Unicorn

d)

On a Beam of Light

31.

In which book, did a character have an unusual collection?

a)

Sisters and Champions

b)

Stellaluna

c)

The Word Collector

d)

Thelma the Unicorn

32.

In which book did a character enjoy multi-syllable words that sounded like little songs?

a)

The Bear Ate Your Sandwich

b)

Stellaluna

c)

On a Beam of Light

d)

The Word Collector

33.

In which book did a character trip and fall, creating a disorganized situation?

a)

Stellaluna

b)

The Bear Ate Your Sandwich

c)

Watercress

d)

The Word Collector

34.

In which book did a character create special scrapbooks?

a)

Sisters and Champions

b)

The Word Collector

c)

Counting on Katherine

d)

Watercress

35.

In which book did a character use his poems to create songs?

a)

Thelma the Unicorn

b)

The Word Collector

c)

Stellaluna

d)

Watercress

36.

In which book did a character realize that some of the simplest words were the most powerful?

a)

Snowflake Bentley

b)

The Bear Ate Your Sandwich

c)

Stellaluna

d)

The Word Collector

37.

In which book did a character empty his most prize possessions off the side of a hill into the wind?

a)

Snowflake Bentley

b)

The Word Collector

c)

Stellaluna

d)

Thelma the Unicorn

38.

In which book did the author make the following quote: "Reach for your own words. Tell the world who you are and how you will make it better?"

a)

The Word Collector

b)

Stellaluna

c)

Thelma the Unicorn

d)

Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao

39.

In which book did a character love to count?

a)

The Bear Ate Your Sandwich

b)

Snowflake Bentley

c)

Thelma the Unicorn

d)

Counting on Katherine

40.

In which book did a character yearn to know as much as she could about numbers, about the universe-- about everything?

a)

Counting on Katherine

b)

Snowflake Bentley

c)

Stellaluna

d)

Watercress

41.

In which book was a character so bright that she skipped three whole grades in school?

a)

Sisters and Champions

b)

Thelma the Unicorn

c)

Counting on Katherine

d)

On a Beam of Light

42.

In which book was a character not allowed to attend her town's high school because of her race?

a)

The Word Collector

b)

Watercress

c)

Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao

d)

Counting on Katherine

43.

In which book did a character have dreams of becoming a research mathematician?

a)

The Word Collector

b)

Counting on Katherine

c)

Snowflake Bentley

d)

Stellaluna

44.

In which book did a character work as a "computer" for NASA?

a)

The Word Collector

b)

Counting on Katherine

c)

Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao

d)

On a Beam of Light

45.

In which book did a character use numbers to determine how high a rocket ship would travel?

a)

The Bear Ate Your Sandwich

b)

Sisters and Champions

c)

Counting on Katherine

d)

Stellaluna

46.

In which book did a character's perseverance earn her a job in a program designed to send the first American astronaut into space?

a)

Sisters and Champions

b)

Snowflake Bentley

c)

On a Beam of Light

d)

Counting on Katherine

47.

In which book did a character's use of math save three astronauts after a rocket explosion?

a)

Stellaluna

b)

Counting on Katherine

c)

Watercress

d)

On a Beam of Light

48.

In which book was a character and her mother attacked by an owl?

a)

The Word Collector

b)

Thelma the Unicorn

c)

Stellaluna

d)

Watercress

49.

In which book was a character and her mother attacked by an owl?

a)

Watercress

b)

Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao

c)

Stellaluna

d)

Snowflake Bentley

50.

In which book did a character temporarily live in a bird nest with three baby birds?

a)

Sisters and Champions

b)

The Word Collector

c)

Watercress

d)

Stellaluna

51.

In which book did a character eat a big, juicy grasshopper?

a)

On a Beam of Light

b)

Stellaluna

c)

Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao

d)

Watercress

52.

In which book did a character sleep upside down, hanging by her feet?

a)

Counting on Katherine

b)

The Bear Ate Your Sandwich

c)

Thelma the Unicorn

d)

Stellaluna

53.

In which book did a character behave "as a good bird should?"

a)

The Bear Ate Your Sandwich

b)

Thelma the Unicorn

c)

On a Beam of Light

d)

Stellaluna

54.

In which book was a character embarrassed by her clumsiness?

a)

Stellaluna

b)

Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao

c)

Sisters and Champions

d)

On a Beam of Light

55.

In which book did a character make a promise not to hang by her feet or make faces when she ate bugs?

a)

Watercress

b)

Stellaluna

c)

Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao

d)

Snowflake Bentley

56.

In which book was a character happily reunited with her mother at the end of the story?

a)

The Bear Ate Your Sandwich

b)

Thelma the Unicorn

c)

Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao

d)

Stellaluna

57.

In which book did a character teach her new friends all about bats?

a)

Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao

b)

Watercress

c)

Stellaluna

d)

On a Beam of Light

58.

In which book was a character able to see in the dark?

a)

Watercress

b)

On a Beam of Light

c)

Stellaluna

d)

Snowflake Bentley

59.

In which book did a character wish to be a mythical creature?

a)

Thelma the Unicorn

b)

Counting on Katherine

c)

The Word Collector

d)

Watercress

60.

In which book did a character tie a carrot to her nose?

a)

The Word Collector

b)

Counting on Katherine

c)

Thelma the Unicorn

d)

Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao

61.

In which book did a truck spill pink paint and glitter on a character?

a)

Stellaluna

b)

Watercress

c)

Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao

d)

Thelma the Unicorn

62.

in which book did a character become famous-- but then, found fame to be "tricky?"

a)

Stellaluna

b)

Thelma the Unicorn

c)

On a Beam of Light

d)

The Word Collector

63.

In which book did fans of the character chase her for her autograph?

a)

Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao

b)

Thelma the Unicorn

c)

The Bear Ate Your Sandwich

d)

Counting on Katherine

64.

In which book did a character feel lonely after becoming famous?

a)

Stellaluna

b)

Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao

c)

Thelma the Unicorn

d)

Snowflake Bentley

65.

In which book did a character realize that she was happy to "be me?"

a)

Thelma the Unicorn

b)

Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao

c)

Snowflake Bentley

d)

On a Beam of Light

66.

In which book did a character's parents share childhood memories while on a road trip in an old Pontiac?

a)

Thelma the Unicorn

b)

Watercress

c)

On a Beam of Light

d)

The Bear Ate Your Sandwich

67.

In which book did a characters help their parents gather plants while wading in swampy water?

a)

Stellaluna

b)

Watercress

c)

On a Beam of Light

d)

Sisters and Champions

68.

In which book do character eat a meal of "long stringy stems with leaves round as coins?"

a)

Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao

b)

On a Beam of Light

c)

Watercress

d)

Sisters and Champions

69.

In which book does a character wish she could eat vegetables from the grocery store?

a)

On a Beam of Light

b)

Thelma the Unicorn

c)

Counting on Katherine

d)

Watercress

70.

In which book did a character feel that "free is hand-me-down clothes and roadside trash-heap furniture and now, dinner from a ditch"?

a)

Watercress

b)

Thelma the Unicorn

c)

The Word Collector

d)

Snowflake Bentley

71.

In which book did a character's mother share a story about her family from China?

a)

Snowflake Bentley

b)

The Word Collector

c)

Counting on Katherine

d)

Watercress

72.

In which book did a character learn to appreciate her family's traditions?

a)

Watercress

b)

Thelma the Unicorn

c)

On a Beam of Light

d)

The Word Collector

73.

In which book did a character's family make new memories while eating a special meal?

a)

Thelma the Unicorn

b)

Counting on Katherine

c)

Watercress

d)

Sisters and Champions

74.

In which book was a character frustrated because she could not do something as perfectly as other members of her family?

a)

Stellaluna

b)

Counting on Katherine

c)

The Word Collector

d)

Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao

75.

In which book does a character love the food that her mom, dad, and grandmother make?

a)

On a Beam of Light

b)

The Word Collector

c)

Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao

d)

Snowflake Bentley

76.

In which book does a character make a plan to create something by mixing flour, water, and yeast together?

a)

Watercress

b)

Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao

c)

Stellaluna

d)

Snowflake Bentley

77.

In which book does a character enjoy making a special food with her father, mother, and grandmother?

a)

Stellaluna

b)

On a Beam of Light

c)

Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao

d)

The Bear Ate Your Sandwich

78.

In which book does a character struggle to make a certain food to her liking?

a)

Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao

b)

Thelma the Unicorn

c)

Counting on Katherine

d)

The Bear Ate Your Sandwich

79.

In which book does a character's grandmother teach her to make a favorite steamed food?

a)

Thelma the Unicorn

b)

Snowflake Bentley

c)

The Word Collector

d)

Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao

80.

In which book did a character make a food that is "soft and fluffy and --oh, so good."

a)

Stellaluna

b)

Sisters and Champions

c)

Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao

d)

Watercress

81.

Which book included a recipe for a family's favorite food?

a)

Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao

b)

On a Beam of Light

c)

Thelma the Unicorn

d)

Stellaluna

82.

Which book featured a character that did not speak until he was three years old?

a)

On a Beam of Light

b)

Watercress

c)

Thelma the Unicorn

d)

Counting on Katherine

83.

In which book were the character's parents worried because he was so different-- even though they loved him "no matter what?"

a)

The Word Collector

b)

Stellaluna

c)

On a Beam of Light

d)

Thelma the Unicorn

84.

In which book was a character given a compass as a gift from his father?

a)

Watercress

b)

Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao

c)

On a Beam of Light

d)

Sisters and Champions

85.

In which book did a character realize there were mysteries in the world-- "hidden and silent, unknown and unseen"?

a)

Sisters and Champions

b)

Stellaluna

c)

Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao

d)

On a Beam of Light

86.

In which book did a character ask to many questions that his teacher told him he was a disruption to his class?

a)

Watercress

b)

Stellaluna

c)

On a Beam of Light

d)

The Word Collector

87.

In which book did a character wonder what it would be like to ride on a beam of sunlight?

a)

Stellaluna

b)

Thelma the Unicorn

c)

The Word Collector

d)

On a Beam of Light

88.

In which book did a character read about light, sound, heat and magnetism?

a)

Watercress

b)

Stellaluna

c)

On a Beam of Light

d)

The Word Collector

89.

In which book did a character discover that everything in the world is made of atoms?

a)

Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao

b)

On a Beam of Light

c)

The Bear Ate Your Sandwich

d)

Sisters and Champions

90.

In which book did a character realize that everything is always moving?

a)

Stellaluna

b)

The Word Collector

c)

Thelma the Unicorn

d)

On a Beam of Light

91.

In which book did a character wonder about very big things (like the size and shape of the entire universe)?

a)

Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao

b)

On a Beam of Light

c)

Snowflake Bentley

d)

Watercress

92.

In which book did a character pay his violin to help him think better?

a)

Snowflake Bentley

b)

The Word Collector

c)

Thelma the Unicorn

d)

On a Beam of Light

93.

In which book did a character say: "Now that I am grown up, no one can tell me to put on my socks?"

a)

Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao

b)

On a Beam of LightThelma the Unicorn

c)

Snowflake Bentley

94.

In which book did a character figure out that no person, no thing, could ever zoom through space as fast as a beam of light?

a)

Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao

b)

Stellaluna

c)

The Bear Ate Your Sandwich

d)

On a Beam of Light

95.

In which book could a character see his home while sitting at the top of a telephone pole?

a)

Sisters and Champions

b)

Snowflake Bentley

c)

The Bear Ate Your Sandwich

d)

Thelma the Unicorn

96.

In which book did a character fall asleep -- then wake up in a strange environment?

a)

The Bear Ate Your Sandwich

b)

Sisters and Champions

c)

The Word Collector

d)

Watercress

97.

Which book was based on a true story about tennis players?

a)

Snowflake Bentley

b)

Sisters and Champions

c)

On a Beam of Light

d)

Watercress