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Sample Junior Questions

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1. In which book does a young badger refuse to eat anything but bread and jam?
2. In which book does Thomas refuse to wear his snowsuit despite the pleas of his mother, his teacher and even his school principal?
3. In which collection of stories are we told "How the Camel Got His Hump" and "How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin?"
4. What nickname does Leroy acquire after he opens his own detective agency and solves many mysteries?
5. In which book does a young native Indian named Charlie make a long, lonely trip to get help for his sick grandfather?
6. What fable tells the story of a tiny animal who chews through a hunter's net to help a lion?
7. In which book are a runaway prince and his servant rescued by a dancing bear named Petunia?
8. In which book does a friendship form between a mouse and a boy who both like motorcycles?
9. In which book does a dog named Harry send telepathic messages about the opposing baseball players on the field to his owner, Mike?
10. In which book does a frog find a golden ball that a greedy princess dropped in a well?
11. In which book do Judy and Peter play an exciting and unusual board game that they found in the park?
12. In which book does a boy become famous for a long-lasting attack of hiccups?
13. Name the book which tells about the first water closet (an indoor toilet) in Adenville, Utah and how Tom made a fortune from it in three days.
14. In which book does a 13 year old girl discover that she has a deformity of the spine and must cope with wearing a spinal brace for four years?
15. In which book do four children discover the magical land of Narnia by walking through the back of a cupboard?

Juniors' Answers

1. Bread and Jam for Frances, by Russell Hoban
2. Thomas' Snowsuit, by Robert Munsch
3. Just So Stories, by Rudyard Kipling
4. Encyclopedia Brown, by Donald Sobol
5. A Boy of Tache, by Ann Blades
6. The Lion and the Mouse, by Aesop
7. The Whipping Boy, by Paul Fleishmann
8. The Mouse and the Motorcycle, by Beverly Cleary
9. The Dog That Pitched a No Hitter, by Matt Christopher
10. The Frog Prince (No Author Points)
11. Jumanji, by Chris Van Allsburg
12. Hiccup Champion of the World, by Ken Roberts
13. The Great Brain, by John D. Fitzgerald
14. Deenie, by Judy Blume
15. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, by C.S. Lewis

Sample Senior Questions

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1. In which book does a crocodile swallow a clock and can be heard for miles around?
2. In which book does a group of friends re-create an Egyptian ritual that turns into a spooky mystery?
3. In which book does a young boy write letters about his truck driver father, a lunch bag thief and his friend, the school custodian?
4. In which Native Indian legend does an old man give his precious shell necklace as a reward to the bird who restored his sight?
5. What is the name of the wise, mysterious wizard of the King Arthur legends?
6. In which book does a young Blackfoot Indian girl nurse her brother "Otter" and her father's wife "Almost-Mother" back to health when they contract smallpox?
7. In which book do the occupants of the Sunset Towers Apartments find out that an eccentric millionaire has left them a fortune if they can solve a mystery?
8. In which book does David find a mysterious machine that can copy living things and decides to copy himself?
9. In which book does Elsie steal lunch money from her classmates?
10. In which book does Charlotte help save Wilbur by showing what a special pig he is?
11. In which book does Tank Cameron donate a football field to a high school in exchange for a winning football team?
12. In which book does a young girl with poor eyesight come from Germany to love in Canada?
    

Seniors' Answers

1. Peter Pan, by J.M. Barrie
2. The Egypt Game, by Zilpha Keatly Snyder
3. Dear Mr. Henshaw, by Beverley Cleary
4. The Loon's Necklace (No Author Points)
5. Merlin
6. Sweetgrass, by Jan Hudson
7. The Westing Game, by Ellen Raskin
8. The Duplicate, by William Sleator
9. Nothing's Fair In Fifth Grade, by Barthe De Clements
10. Charlotte's Web, by E.B. White
11. The Zucchini Warriors, by Gordon Korman
12. From Anna, by Jean Little