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-- Sample Questions - Junior Division - Grades 4/5/6 --

In which book does an Indian Prince ask for a palace to be built entirely of chocolate?

  • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
  • In which book does a family have a "Homework First" rule?

  • Frindle by Andrew Clements
  • In which book does the main character plan to return home once her family has learned a lesson in "Claudia Appreciation"?

  • From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
  • In which book are students assigned to one of four streams: Alpha, Henchman, Technical or Political/Financial?

  • H.I.V.E. by Mark Walden
  • In which book do parents write a letter to a camp director warning him about their son?

  • I Want to Go Home by Gordon Korman
  • In which book does a main character not realize that she is sitting in a ring of fire?

  • Runestone by Anna Ciddor
  • -- Sample Questions - Senior Division - Grades 7/8 --

    In which book does his senior year experiences convince the main character that we are not masters of own fate, rather the sum of what happens to you - a pinball bouncing from bumper to bumper?

  • Born to Rock by Gordon Korman
  • In which book does the main character not wish to be transferred out of an advanced class because he has a crush on a fellow student?

  • Code Orange by Carolyn B. Cooney
  • In which book does Patricia find an old watch under the floorboards?

  • Handful of Time by Kit Pearson
  • In which book does a rich man leave his land to the townsfolk for the purpose of creating a community garden?

  • A Thousand Never Evers by Shana Burg
  • In which book does Phillip find himself shipwrecked on a Caribbean island with an old black man and his cat?

  • The Cay by Theodore Taylor
  • In which book is the hero's father named Areba Ashanti?

  • Lionboy by Zizou Corder
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