:: Practice Questions for Students :: 2008 Battle of the Books Middle School 6-8

1. In what book does Maxine Patch come down the attic stairs with a snake draped and coiled around her?
Title: A Year Down Yonder Author: Richard Peck
2. In what book do planes search for two runaway boys?
Title: The Giver Author: Lois Lowry
3. In what book does the main character have the same first and last name?
Title: No More Dead Dogs Author: Gordon Korman
4. In what book does the interior of a house resemble a thrift store?
Title: Out of Nowhere Author: Ouida Sebestyen
5. In what book does a girl feed raspberries and water to her grandfather and herself?
Title: Fever 1793 Author: Laurie Halse Anderson
6. In what book do a group of travelers take over the ship, Bloodwake?
Title: Mossflower Author: Brian Jacques
7. In what book does the grandmother call the main character her favorite chickabiddy?
Title: Walk Two Moons Author: Sharon Creech
8. In what book does a brother attend the University of Maryland?
Title: Reluctantly Alice Author: Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
9. In what book does the mother try to play chase with her children on the dangerous rocks?
Title: The Rules of Survival Author: Nancy Werlin
10. In what book did a young boy have his first ride in a motorcar?
Title: Bread and Roses, Too Author: Katherine Paterson
11. In what book does the main character work at her school's library?
Title: The Loud Silence of Francine Green Author: Karen Cushman
12. In which book is there an Italian-French restaurant?
Title: The Schwa Was Here Author: Neil Shusterman
13. In what book did the main character make a box with his own hands?
Title: Chicken Boy Author: Frances O’Roark Dowell
14. In what book are Spagettios more appealing to a character than homemade Italian spagetti sauce?
Title: The Terrorist Author: Caroline B. Cooney
15. In what book In what book did the children look at Sugar Boy?
Title: Where the Lilies Bloom Author: Vera & Bill Cleaver
16. In what book do two main characters eventually escape to Nova Scotia, Canada?
Title: Day of Tears Author: Julius Lester
17. In what book is a type of fish known as a “crappie” mentioned?
Title: Swear To Howdy Author: Wendelin Van Draanen
18. In what book does a boy ask, “Why was Henry the Eighth buried in Westminster Abbey?”
Title: Thames Doesn't Rhyme With James Author: Paula Danziger
19. In what book does the main character’s grandmother send her gifts from all over the world?
Title: Toning The Sweep Author: Angela Johnson
20. In what book are the parents named Shirley and Manny?
Title: After The Rain Author: Norma Fox Mazer
21. In what book is Gordy one of Elizabeth’s worse enemies?
Title: Stepping on The Cracks Author: Mary Downing Hahn
22. In what book is there a saddle tooled with an intricate pattern and stirrups made of gold?
Title: Remarkable Journey of Prince Jen Author: Lloyd Alexander
23. In what book does Uncle Charley come back to see his sister?
Title: Who Was That Masked Man, Anyway? Author: Avi
24. In what book does a drunken man come into a store looking for his daughter?
Title: Rules Of The Road Author: Joan Bauer
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