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Obob 2019-2020 Practice questions
Question | Answer |
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In which book is a character described as having "hair the color of turnips"? | Riding Freedom by Pam Muñoz Ryan |
In which book does a character supply a baseball bat, a baseball, and a glove then create a baseball diamond to occupy the wild boys? | Paper Wishes by Lois Sepahban |
In which book are people not supposed to leave their homes after 8 pm? | Number the Stars by Lois Lowry |
In which book is a character self-conscious about the smell of her school uniform? | Stef Soto, Taco Queen by Jennifer Torres |
In which book does a character get headaches from looking at the brightness of dark letters on white pages? | Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt |
In which book do the characters live in a place called the “Swat Valley”? | Malala: My Story of Standing Up for Girls’ Rights by Malala Yousafzai |
In which book are cows extinct? | The Ark Plan by Laura Martin |
In which book does a grandmother and grandfather die at the same time? | Fablehaven by Brandon Mull |
In Ramona the Pest, who is the traffic boy at her corner? | Henry Huggins |
In Aru Shah and the End of Time, what days of the week does the Council of Guardians meet? | Tuesdays and Thursdays |
In The Wizards of Once, how old are most wizards when their magic comes in? | Twelve |
In Clayton Byrd Goes Underground, what are the names of Cool Papa Byrd’s three guitars? | First Guitar, Show Guitar, and Wah-Wah Nita. |
In Just Dance, what is Sheriff’s first and last name? | Rudolph Ludolf. |
In Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key, what does Joey eat at the Amish farm that causes him to behave dangerously? | A (whole) shoofly pie |
In Wishtree, what does the boy use to carve the word LEAVE onto Red? | A screwdriver (with a yellow handle). |
In Out of Left Field, a favorite local San Francisco baseball team called “The Seals” is replaced by which professional team? | The Giants. |
In which book was a character a professional soprano? | Just Dance by Patricia MacLachlan |
In which book does a character know how to count to ten in 15 languages? | Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi |
In which book does a character think that jazz music sounds like “angry elephants blowing their trumpets at each other”? | Clayton Byrd Goes Underground by Rita Williams-Garcia |
In which book is a character known as both Katy and Casey? | Out of Left Field by Ellen Klages |
In which book does someone say that nature adores a good secret? | Wishtree by Katherine Applegate |
In which book does a character blow out someone else’s birthday candles? | Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key by Jack Gantos |
In which book is a character’s middle name Geraldine? | Ramona the Pest by Beverly Cleary |
In which book is there a sword that is decorated with mistletoe and leaves of sacred trees? | The Wizards of Once by Cressida Cowell |
In The Ark Plan what is the first name of the character who fixes a compass? | Shawn. |
In Malala: My Story of Standing Up for Girls’ Rights, Malala’s only toy was stolen from her by a friend, what was the toy? | A (pink plastic) cell phone |
In Fablehaven, where are the kids’ parents going? | (Scandinavian) cruise OR Scandinavia. |
In Fish in a Tree, what was Ally dressed up as for Halloween? | Alice from Alice in Wonderland |
In Stef Soto, Taco Queen, Julia gets front row tickets to a popular singer’s concert. Name the singer. | Viviana Vega |
In Number the Stars, who comes to the Johansens in the middle of the night looking for the Rosens? | German soldiers |
In Paper Wishes, what is the name of the relocation camp where the main character and their family end up? | Manzanar |
In Riding Freedom, what does Hayward want the sign out front to say when he and Charlotte get a ranch? | Private Property |
In which book is a character’s friend allergic to almost everything and a vegetarian? | Stef Soto, Taco Queen by Jennifer Torres |
In which book does a character survive several fevers as a baby? | Riding Freedom by Pam Muñoz Ryan |
In which book does a character release drawings of their dog to the wind? | Paper Wishes by Lois Sepahban |
In which book does one of the characters get a new pair of shoes made out of fish skin? | Number the Stars by Lois Lowry |
In which book does a character have the nicknames “Jani” and “Pisho”? | Malala: My Story of Standing Up for Girls’ Rights by Malala Yousafzai |
In which book did a character go to seven schools in seven years? | Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt |
In which book is Almond Roca the favorite candy of a character’s father? | Fablehaven by Brandon Mull |
In which book does a character give away an entire pack of lunch tickets? | The Ark Plan by Laura Martin |
In Aru Shah and the End of Time, what is the code that disables the security system that protects the lamp? | Aru’s birthday. |
In Clayton Byrd Goes Underground, what was Cool Papa Byrd called before he was cool? | Mr. Louisiana Hot Lick |
In Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key, how much money does Seth Justman offer Joey to watch him swallow his key? | $1 OR a buck. |
In Just Dance, what grade does Sylvie finish? | Fourth. |
In Out of Left Field, when Katy is at try-outs for the little league baseball team, what position is she most excited to play? | Pitcher. |
In Ramona the Pest, what is Beezus’s real first name? | Beatrice. ( |
In Wishtree, what day of the year do people tie their wishes onto Red’s branches? | May 1st. |
In The Wizards of Once, what color smoke comes out of the sprites’ ears when they are bored or irritated? | Purple. |