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Battle 3
Battle of the Books Questions - Toad Rage
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who is the author of Toad Rage? | Morris Gleitzman |
| Who is the main character? | Limpy |
| Where does Limpy end up? | At the Olympics in Sydney, Australia |
| Why does he head to Sydney? | To have cane toads included as official mascots. |
| Why Have cane toads as mascots? | Perhaps if soft, cuddly, cane toad toys were available, humans would stop their cruel and heartless extermination and cane toads would be able to live in peace and security. |
| What kind of toad is Limpy? | A cane toad |
| Who is Limpy’s Sister? | Charm |
| Who is Limpy’s cousin? | Goliath |
| What did Limpy take with him when he left the caravan? | Underpants |
| Who were the Olympic mascots? | Platypus, Echidna, Kookaburra |
| What sport does the girl in the singlet compete? | Pole Vault |
| What does “stack me” mean? | An expression of surprise or amazement like “you’re kidding!” |
| Why does Limpy think humans hate toads? | Because his relatives are always getting hit by cars driven by humans. |
| What kind of toad is Limpy? | A cane toad |
| Where does Limpy live? | Australia |
| Why do the toads keep getting hit by cars? | Because the headlights of the cars attract bugs and they like to eat bugs. |
| Who was Limpy’s fattest and bossiest uncle? | Uncle Bart |
| Limpy “collected” his dead relatives after they were hit by a car and died. What had to happen before he could take them home? | They had to dry out. |
| How did Limpy get his name? | When he was a young toad he tried to hop out of the way of a car and one leg got squashed. |
| What happens when Limpy tries to run/hop too fast? | He goes in circles |
| Why didn’t Limpy’s mum and dad get upset when their relatives died? | Because they had hundreds of brothers and sisters and getting hit by cars was a fact of life. |
| What was the ironic about Uncle Bart saying “stack me”? | When he died and dried up, Limpy stacked him in his pile. |
| What was Limpy’s sister’s name? | Charm |
| What is a rellie? | Relative |
| What is the telly? | Television |
| Why was Limpy scared that Charm went with cousin Goliath to look for food at the highway? | Although he was big and strong, he was not sensible, and enjoys trying to wee on passing traffic. |
| What was Goliath’s plan to show humans they weren’t going to be run over any more? | He was going to beat the cars with a big stick. |
| What is a squiz? | A peek |
| Who is Ancient Eric? | The oldest and wisest cane toad |
| Where does Limpy try to go to confront the humans? | The gas station |
| Where does he end up instead? | The zoo |
| What happened when the humans saw Limpy at the zoo? | They screamed and tried to throw rocks at him. |
| What did Limpy see on the side of the truck at the zoo? | Pictures of humans in kookaburra, platypus, and echidna costumes. |
| What costume did Limpy try to create and how? | He tried to become a butterfly by crawling inside a pair of colorful underpants and flapping his arms. |
| Why didn’t it work? | A m an recognized his underwear. |
| Limpy hopped on the back of the costume truck and who did the truck run over? | His cousin, Goliath. |
| What was significant about the kookaburra, echidna and platypus? | They were mascots for “the games” |
| What are “the games”? | Similar to Olympic Games |
| What can cane toads do to protect them in an emergency? | Spray poison from their poison glands. |
| Who is the man with the clipboard? | The man in charge of The Games |
| Who rescued Limpy from the teenagers? | Limpy calls herThe girl with the big stick. She is Australia’s youngest and prettiest athlete. |
| Who was Limpy traveling with on the back of the costume truck? | Fruit flies? |
| Why was he riding on the truck? | To try to be a Games Mascot. |
| Limpy got very hungry on the truck. What did he do about it? | He climbed to the front of the truck and ate the bugs. |
| Who did Limpy hear calling him? | His cousin Goliath |
| Where was he? | Limpy thought he was dead.He was stuck under the front of the truck between the wheels. |
| What was Goliath deathly afraid of? | Dust mites |
| How did Limpy free Goliath from under the truck? | He covered him in oil and then told him the dust mites were making him slip. Goliath freed himself out of fear. |
| When Limpy and Goliath were dying of thirst, where did they get water? | The rain |
| What kind of athlete was the girl with the big stick? | Pole vaulter |
| How did Limpy and Goliath get to the Games? | In the girl’s gym bag. |
| Why did she take them there? | To upset the man with the clipboard. |
| What happened when Goliath and Limpy stood between the games mascots? | They were seen on the telly and the humans were putting their fingers in their mouths making gagging sounds. |
| Where did Limpy and Goliath go after they were chased out of the Games? | They followed a slug down a large drain. |
| Who was there? | All the other animals and insects who weren’t chosen to be mascots. |
| Limpy was born in Australia, but where are cane toads originally from? | South America |
| Why were they brought to Australia? | To eat can beetles. |
| Why didn’t they eat the cane beetles? | The beetles live too far off the ground for the toads to get them. |
| Who brought the cane toads to Australia? | The people of the sugar industry. |
| Why do Limpy and Goliath hop on a dessert trolley? | To visit the Major Sponsor of the games at his table in a restaurant. |
| What does Limpy want to say to the Major Sponsor? | He wants him to make TV ads telling humans that cane toads are very nice so they’ll stop killing them. |
| What happened when the toads were seen in the restaurant? | They were chased by a vicious dog |
| How did Goliath escape? | He sprayed poison in the dog’s mouth. |
| Why does Limpy want to have non-human games? | He wants the non-human games to be broadcast on TV. If the humans see how athletic they are, they will love them. |
| Why does limpy want the flea to enter the games? | He can jump 3000 times his own height. |
| What is the flea’s name? | Gavin |
| Why did Limpy panic when they entered the athletic storage room? | He saw discuses stacked in piles and thought they were relatives. |
| Why did the mosquito think Limpy would be good at discus? | Because to throw your discus, you have to go around in circles. |
| How did Limpy and Goliath find the event they could be good at in the non-human games? | Pole vaulting out a high window to escape a pack of dogs. |
| Why did all the animals vote Limpy and Goliath out of the non-human games? | They were too ugly. |
| Why was the girl with the stick disqualified from the games? | They found steroids in her blood. |
| What were the steroids from? | When Limpy scratched her and she was exposed to his poison. |
| Why was the girl allowed to participate? | They tested Limpy and proved that the steroids came from him. |
| Why didn’t Limpy like all of the attention he and other cane toads received after he saved the girl from being disqualified? | The humans began collecting cane toads |
| What did Limpy and Goliath do so humans would stop collecting cane toads? | When they were on the television, they ate slug worms and turned around to show the humans how the worms could crawl out of their backsides. |
| What is Bung? | broken |
| What is Bung on? | put on |
| What is Caravan? | trailer or mobile home |
| What is Bitumen? | the coating on Australia’s roads |
| What is Puffed? | out of breath |
| What is Rack off? | beat it, get lost |
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