Mini Battle question

Description:	practice questions for Mini Battle of the Books
Category:	Library Media
Created by:	msrussell on 2009-05-18

Question	Answer
In what book did a woman introduce two girls to tea with milk?	The Year of Miss Agnes by Kirkpatrick Hill p. 8
In what book is a girl kicked off the cheerleading squad for cheering for the other team?	Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli p. 77
In what book was a girl invited to go fishing with her boyfriend?	Jade Green by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor p. 103
In what book did rats form a pyramid and sing?	Coraline by Neil Gaiman p. 31
In what book did three boys find a rowboat half-hidden in the bushes along the shore?	A Boy at War by Harry Mazer p. 41
In what book were rich people going to pay $100 to eat the food at the homeless shelter that the poor people ate everyday for free?	Holes by Louis Sachar p. 24
In what book does a character keep a scrapbook about the little boy across the street?	Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli p. 123
In what book does a boy tell the main character to "Be wise. Be brave. Be tricky"?	Coraline by Neil Gaiman p. 145
In what book does a boy encourage his friend to climb a mountain by telling him, "I've already ordered you a hot fudge sundae"?	Holes by Louis Sachar p. 168
In what book was the main character thrown off his bicycle when he hit a pothole in the road?	A Boy at War by Harry Mazer p. 26
In what book is the main character forbidden to bring the color green into her new home?	Jade Green by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor p. 6
In what book was the main character surprised to discover she had her daddy's smile?	The Year of Miss Agnes by Kirkpatrick Hill p. 87
In what book does a small jar on the mantle hold a tiny china duck, a thimble, a strange little brass coin, 2 paperclips, and a stone with a hole in it?	Coraline by Neil Gaiman p. 21
In what book did the main character acccidentally get her toe caught in a mousetrap?	Jade Green by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor p. 27
In what book did a character eat a sack of sunflower seeds a week since he quit smoking?	Holes by Louis Sachar p. 12
In what book does the main character have a pet rat?	Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli p. 11
In what book does the main character not know how to spell her sister's name?	The Year of Miss Agnes by Kirkpatrick Hill p. 51
In what book did the main character fill Dixie cups with water for wounded men?	A Boy at War by Harry Mazer p. 58
In what book does the main character learn how to play Checkers?	Jade Green by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor p. 109
In what book is a character blind from getting whipped across the eyes with a willow branch?	The Year of Miss Agnes by Kirkpatrick Hill p. 54
In what book did a character have the skeleton of his deceased Siamese cat on the roof of his house?	Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli p. 30
In what book did a friend's father fix the main character's bicycle with a welding torch?	A Boy at War by Harry Mazer p. 27
In what book did a boy find a boat half buried in the ground?	Holes by Louis Sachar p. 153
In what book was there a school no teacher had ever come back to after the summer?	The Year of Miss Agnes by Kirkpatrick Hill p. 4
In what book does one character want to be a sleazy talk show host and the other a sports announcer or news anchor?	Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli p. 14
In what book did the main character find a human hand on her rug?	Jade Green by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor p. 79
In what book does the main character's mother refuse to buy her the Day-Glo green gloves she likes?	Coraline by Neil Gaiman p. 23
In what book is there a snow globe on the mantle with two little people in it?	Coraline by Neil Gaiman p. 72
In what book did a group of boys play football with a coconut?	A Boy at War by Harry Mazer p. 22
In what book does news of a school teacher kissing an onion picker spread all over town?	Holes by Louis Sachar p. 111-112