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Practice Grade 3

1. In what book did a character ask the question, "You're not allergic to red, are

you"?

Phineas L. MacGuire Erupts! Dowell p. 86

2. In what book does a note say, "Pieces of your face were disappearing. It looks OK

now. What's going on?"

Invisible Harry, The Jocelyn p. 49

3. In what book is there this line: "It's practically a rule that if you can draw,

people will want to be your friend"?


4. In what book do sixth-graders exit in a herd right after lunch, when they are the

most hungry, and go to the deli down the block?


5. In what book did a character say, "I could climb a mountain and not even get tired!

I could conquer the world"?

World According to Humphrey, The Birney p. 82

6. In what book did a family have a Saturday night routine of having snacks in the

livingroom and spreading out on the sofa to watch TV"?

Nutz Schwartz p. 66

7. In what book did a character say, "Sorry, Mom. My friends are here. I'm off. I'll do

my chores later”?

Nutz Schwartz p. 47

8. In what book did two boys make a maze out of old blocks?


9. In what book did a character say, "I know we have to leave. I just don't know where

we're going to go"?

Hunter Walters p. 139

10. In what book does someone think that police officers are the very best things she

knows, next to rhubarb pudding?

Pippi Longstocking Lindgren p. 39

11. In what book do you read this description "each pair of well-cut pants had a small

pocket for a gold pocket watch"?

Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, The DiCamillo p. 7

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12. In what book does a character state "he has many different outifts. And he has his

own pajamas, too, they are made of silk"?


13. In what book did a character say, "You can't kill what you can't catch"?


14. In what book did a character say never to "turn your back on a dog. And it's a good

idea to turn off the TV once in a while"?


15. In what book did a character say, "It's very hard to kill something you've spoken

to. It's hard to hate something after you see how connected we all are"?


16. In what book did a character lean "in close and touch his/her warm nose to another

character's cold nose”?

Nutz Schwartz p. 135

17. In what book did a character say, "The baby does everything you say. It must think

you are its mother”?

Nutz Schwartz p. 38

18. In what book was "a house filled with friends and neighbours" while one character

"played the piano whle everyone sang carols and drank hot cider"?


19. In what book does a girl write an Ode to a Popsicle?

Fabled Fourth Graders of Aesop Elementary School, The Fleming p. 84

20. In what book did a character offer these words of advice: "Work together. Remember

to watch out for each other"?


21. In what book is there a chapter called, “The Bad, the Beautiful and the Stinky”?


22. In what book does the main character experience "the Rosie Affair" and the "Vacuum-

Cleaner Incident"?


23. In what book does the babysitter whisper to "use the two-minute rule by not saying

anything for at least two minutes, in case a parent comes" back?


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24. In what book does a character ignore someone's snoopy smile and shut the door?


25. In what book is the quote, “Ick!” he squealed. “Your breath is stinky. Stinky like

my dog, Moe’s. He licks his butt”?


26. In what book was a character described as “a tall young man with curly brown hair,

forget-me-not blue eyes and an anxious expression”?

Lily Quench and the Dragon of Ashby Prior p. 3

27. In what book was a character described as being "so sour he looked as if he'd just

drunk a glass of vinegar"?


28. In what book does a character have to write a book report on “Stars and Their

Constellations”?

Kenny and the Dragon DiTerlizzi p. 8

29. In what book did a character say, "It doesn't pay to be at school on time. I got a

detention anyway”?

Nutz Schwartz p. 55

30. In what book does a girl mean no offence to her dad, but believes he is not

completely aware of his surroundings?


31. In what book did a character say, "Vegetarians are always munching and stashing food

to eat later”?

Nutz Schwartz p. 76

32. In what book does a character's mom go to the American Librarians' Conference?


33. In what book do you read this description, “An elderly figure, wearing a low brimmed

hat and dressed in dark robes embroidered with strange symbols and stars, leaned on

an old pitch fork”?


34. In what book does someone always wave his little straw hat when he is happy?


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35. In what book does a boy say, “I wish I was in kindergarten again, where school was

fun and easy”?


36. In what book does a boy have a dalmation and a golden Lab and a sheepdog and two

rottweilers?


37. In what book did someone wear a button with the words "This IS my costume"?


38. In what book does a character warn another to, “…skedaddle. Vamoose. Right now”?


39. In what book was a town described as having a “dirty river and filthy streets and

the black church with the nailed-up door”?


40. In what book does a character tell God that they are lonely?

Because of Winn-Dixie DiCamillo p. 39

41. In what book do the characters put on a musical presentation?


42. In what book was there a red rubber frog handed to a student to hold?


43. In what book does a boy get a little ivory flute as a birthday present?


44. In what book is a character "courageous, merry, devoted and obedient" - personality

traits such that that no one could ask for anything more?


45. In what book do some ladies talk about their servant problems?


46. In what book does it say, "And far away in the distance..came a muffled roar of

energy as though some monstrous gigantic machine were spinning its wheels at

breakneck speed"?

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Dahl p. 66

47. In what book does a character say, “Please don't burn it, I'm borrowing it from a

friend of mine”?


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48. In what book does a character say, "You can't always judge people by the things they

done. You got to judge them by what they are doing now"?


49. In what book was a character's voice described as "the most beautiful voice in the

world! It was like a gentle breeze, no, like rippling waters"?


50. In what book does a character hate rats and is threatened to be put, “…in a cell

full of the creatures”?


51. In what book do we find the following quote, "If you keep on practicing on the comb,

you won't notice the tickling"?


52. In what book does a character quote, “Chewing gum is known to help children

concentrate”?


53. In what book does a character warn, “…make sure it is the right question, for if you

waste it, you may not ask another”?


54. In what book would you find this quote:" Inside the house, little jets of freezing

air came rushing in through the sides of the windows and under the doors, and there

was no place to escape them"?


55. In what book does a character throw, “…a tantrum that lasted for the best part of

half an hour”?


56. In what book did a character say, "It happens too often to be an accident. They are

trying to kills"?


57. In what book is there a loft that used to be a factory and is now an apartment with

no real walls and no privacy?


58. In what book does a character explain, “Today I received my official orders for one

final task, and it is a most honorable task”?


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59. In what book did a character "worry all day Monday, all day Tuesday and worry even

more all day Wednesday"?


60. In what book do you read, "It did look pretty. It looked so pretty it made my heart

feel funny, all swollen and full"?


61. In what book is the quote, “I waited so long to get my hands on those jelly beans,

and now…Now I’ll never get them”?


62. In what book did the art supply closet at school get haunted?


63. In what book did a character say, "Everybody knows babies need to be filled with

baby bottles”?

Nutz Schwartz p. 34

64. In what book does the main character set to howling, like a pack of huskies dragging

a sled across the tundra?


65. In what book is does a tall, dark man wearing a pith helmet and clutching a copy of

the morning’s want ads apply for a job?


66. In what book does it say, “Everyone has a chance to win a pizza”?


67. In what book did a character like to stare at the bamboo stems dancing in the

breeze?


68. In what book was there this quote, "There is a very interesting black mold that

grows in tomato paste for example"?


69. In what book does a character question, "Why do we have to go rushing on past all

these lovely rooms?"?


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70. In what book do you read this quote "I would love to shoo, but it is obvious that I

cannot"?


71. In what book did a character say, "At least dogs always smelled like dogs"?


72. In what book is a 'tiny strip of gum… a whole three-course dinner all by itself'?


73. In what book did a character say, "For another thing, I'll beat you at the fourth-

grade science fair in two weeks"?


74. In what book was a dog drenched in paint and "slipping and sliding over the

pavement”?

Nutz Schwartz p. 97

75. In what book was a character so fat that he "looked as though he had been blown up

with a powerful pump"?


76. In what book does a character declare to a crowd, “Fear not, for you will all be

safe and sound. You have my word”?


77. In what book does a man give his credentials for job using his former position as an

assistant dog groomer aboard King Bernard’s yacht, the SS Pooch?


78. In what book did a character learn to hunt from his/her mother"?


79. In what book was it torture for a character to watch others eat cream candy bars?


80. In what book is there a character who wanted "to win the world record for the

longest dried earthworm ever recorded"?


81. In what book does a character after crying and blowing her nose, “happen to glance

out the window and see a strange procession marching down the street”?


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82. In what book does an entire crowd shout “Encore!”?


83. In what book did a character observe "big splotches of blood all over my desk"?


84. In what book was a basement filled with "piles of sawdust, cobwebs and spiders”?

Nutz Schwartz p. 95

85. In what book is the quote, “Raise your hand if you’re not here”?


86. In what book does a character explain, “There is always a pecking order, you find

out who the leader is, spook him into goin' where you want. “?


87. In what book do we find a character who lives in an old house which is in an old

overgrown garden?


88. In what book do you read this description "she was looking at him in the way a hawk

hanging lazily in the air might study a mouse on the ground"?


89. In what book did one character describe another as "a mass of bouncy black curls. A

big, happy smile. Huge dark eyes. She smelled of apples. It was love at first

sight"?


90. In what book did a character remark, "There's one channel that has the most

frightening shows about wild animals attacking one another"?


91. In what book did a character use his/her nose "to search for danger"?

Hunter Walters p. 3

92. In what book did a character say, "I hate to leave you in the dark. But if I don't

turn off the lights, I could lose my job"?


93. In what book is the advice offered, "Prick her with a pin!"


94. In what book did a character yell, "There is room for all of us in this house”?


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95. In what book does a character get called, "Lunch Meat"?


96. In what book does a character announce "fresh catch, fresh rabbit from the sea"?


97. In what book does a character keep saying, “Pffft!”?


98. In what book do you read "You dirty bum, I'm sick of you guys sleeping everywhere,

this ain't no motel"?


99. In what book do you read, "Every time I caught somehting, I put it back in the first

cage I saw; I didn't care if it was the right cage or not"?


100. In what book does a character exclaim, “Look at this sheen! It really brings out the

iridescence in my complexion”?


101. In what book does a character say, "Used to be I played on the streets and sometimes

people gave me money. I didn't do it for the money"?


102. In what book is there a trunk that contains “one fireproof cape”-”one high powered

catapult”- and “one winged helmet”?


103. In what book do you read, “there was always one kid foolish enough to tangle with

Big Bad Bunz”?


104. In what book does a character learn to play 'Chopsticks' on the piano?


105. In what book was show and tell called, "Share and Stare"?


106. In what book is there a little nine year old girl who lives alone?


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107. In what book would you find this description: " It was a very beautiful

thing..having been made, so it seemed, from a sheet of pure gold hammered out almost

to the thinness of the paper"?


108. In what book does a character not feel great and goes to the nurse's office to lie

down for a few minutes?


109. In what book does a character announce, “There's a parade in town! We just got

word”?


110. In what book did a character make a noise, "like something being sucked down a

vacuum cleaner”?

Nutz Schwartz p. 12

111. In what book do we find a main character who preferred caramel candy to cod liver

oil?


112. In what book do you read, "the mice stayed around to eat all the leftover crumbs"?


113. In what book did a character think, "The little ones are afraid of the big ones, the

young are afraid of the ld, and the weak are afraid of the strong"?


114. In what book does a little girl offer a teacher a gold watch and if she didn't take

it she threatened to come back the next day?


115. In what book was a character described as having feet that smelled like a "thousand

barrels of raw garlic”?

Nutz Schwartz p. 22

116. In what book did a character say, "Well if that's what dogs are like, then maybe we

should try to be more doglike"?


117. In what book do headlines cause great excitement?


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118. In what book is there a character "with stick-out brown hair and freckles"?


119. In what book do you read, "She opened the top draw of her desk. It was full of

candy. She opened the draw below that. It was full of candy, too"?


120. In what book did a character say, "This is my room. I'm supposed to clean it before

I watch any TV, but I haven't gotten around to it yet"?


121. In what book does a character state, “I'd just as soon burn my own tail as burn a

book”?


122. In what book did a character say, "But I was good and tired and I knew I could rest

up from my weekend during recess"?


123. In what book do you read "he stared at the stars all night until the dark finally

gave way to dawn"?


124. In what book does a Mrs. Berggren say that Rosa, her servant, is a "regular pig"?


125. In what book did a character say, "I knew they wouldn't have harmed us"?


126. In what book does a character exclaim, "They'll be selling him by the pound all over

the country tomorrow morning!"


127. In what book does the main character think "Look at me. You got your wish. I have

learned how to love"?


128. In what book does a character threaten, “It's a fine thing to be brave yourself, but

let's see what you think when it's someone else's pain you're watching”?


129. In what book is there a character with great strength? As a matter of fact, it was

the most remarkable thing about this character.


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130. In what book did a character say, "And I am the luckiest man in the world! Because I

am dating the most beautiful woman in the world"?


131. In what book was a character described as "She wore dark clothes and flat shoes and

she didn't jingle-jangle at all"?


132. In what book did a character say, "I'll tell mom about it later. She's going to be

in for a big surprise, isn't she”?

Nutz Schwartz p. 16

133. In what book did a character ask, "Is there anybody here who questions my bravery?"


134. In what book did two characters have this exchange of words: "We don't have to be

afraid of him," and "Yes, I know. He's going to go now"?


135. In what book do you find "a wait-and-see tree"?


136. In what book does the main character get new clothes including a pink dress, a

simple shift, and a long white gown to sleep in?


137. In what book does a character explain "two options only, and your friend chose

option two, he gave you up so that you could be healed"?


138. In what book does the main character wear shoes that are much too big?


139. In what book do you read, "You could tell he wanted to get face to face with the

manager and thank him for the good time he was having in the produce department"?


140. In what book does a character say, "That witch might cook us up in her big old

witch's pot"?


141. In what book a girl say, “When a horse jumps over defense, defeat go before detail”?


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142. In what book does someone say, "Boys, let Willie alone and take a look at this girl.

What a babe!"


143. In what book does a character eat, “a piping hot potatoe cake and a bowl of

raspberries and cream”?


144. In what book does a character state, “I aim to find out just who he is, where he

came from, and what his intentions are,”?


145. In what book did a character say, "I wouldn't want to survive out here without you"?


146. In what book were children digging through the trash looking for teeth marks and

evidence of a nest?


147. In what book did a character recall a story. "It was about a scary house and these

scratching noises and a ghost. The story had a funny ending because it turned out

the ghost wasn't a ghost at all. It was an owl"?


148. In what book did a character think, "Sometimes you just have to get away from the

house. Be in your own world. Think your own thoughts”?


149. In what book does the main character think, “ Right now, a pair of seven-league

boots would have been the thing anyone could have given her”?


150. In what book did a character describe a dog as being "a big mass of yellow fur"?


151. In what book could a character make marshmallows that tastes like violets?


152. In what book does the main character “read all sorts of subjects: science,

mysteries, histories, and even fairy tales”?


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153. In what book does it say, “she grabbed her spear and the golden rope and jumped

behind the nearest rock”?


154. In what book is a friend such a worrywart, he could be a grandfather already?


155. In what book does a parent freat that, "She'll…she'll be sizzled like a sausage"?


156. In what book does the main character wonder "would the world never tire of calling

him by the wrong name"?


157. In what book does a character experience crows flying at him, cawing and screeching,

wheeling and diving?


158. In what book do you read, "Outside, the rain had stopped and the clouds had gone

away and the sky was so clear it seemed I could see every star ever made"?


159. In what book was it explained, "they had to live in tree-houses to escape from the

whangdoodles and the horn swogglers and the snozzwangers"?


160. In what book does a character gasp, “But you're dead!”?


161. In what book does a character say, "Put these on quick! And don't take them off in

here whatever you do! This light could blind you!"


162. In what book does a character state, “Ho there, we've got some company. Mayhaps a

fellow poet”?


163. In what book do you read, "She could stick a tire in the ground and grow a car"?


164. In what book does a character holler, “Pack all yer things! We're outta here! We're

moving!”?


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165. In what book does a character think about her mother "extra, extra hard"?


166. In what book does a character say, "well, now. Don't you look handsome"?


167. In what book did a child do an experiment and videotaped the hives coming out on his

arms?


168. In what book is the quote, “I’m going to get teased, and if I’m teased, I’ll end up

pounding someone and if I pound someone, I’ll end up in the office for who knows how

long”?


169. In what book did a character say, "I'm named after my great-great-uncle. He was an

inventor and played baseball"?


170. In what book does it state, “All she had to do was quench its fires and plunge her

boar spear into its eye”?


171. In what book does a character remember the last time he had to do something and must

have chewed about twelve packs of gum in one day?


172. In what book does a character talk about an old lady by saying, “that old fright?

I've always thought she was mad”?


173. In what book did a character know, "the nooks and crannies that provided shelter,

safety and secrecy"?


174. In what book does a character order "give me some pancakes, and some eggs, and I

want steak too. I want a big old steak, and some toast and some coffee"?


175. In what book does someone say, "I have a feeling you needed a break like this. I'm

awfully glad you got it"?


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176. In what book does a character state "you may look and then you must go and not come

back, I cannot have you in my shop every day mooning over what you have lost"?


177. In what book do we find an illustration of someone laying on the floor, drawing a

picture?


178. In what book did a character have "clouds of dim sum" steaming above his/her head”?

Nutz Schwartz p. 10

179. In what book does the main character crouch down beside the shelf with domestic

animal books, Dewey decimal number 636?


180. In what book is there a very challenging group of students?


181. In what book does a character explain "the best chef in the world would be hard-

pressed to make him into a pie"?


182. In what book does a character say, "I was just playing them some music. It makes

them happy"?


183. In what book does a charcter say, "Did I get here in time for pluttifikation?


184. In what book does a teacher advise that a spy should be certain of her information

before jeopardizing her reputation?


185. In what book does it say,would you find this quote: "you could hear the never-ending

suck-suck-sucking sound of the pipes as they did the work"?


186. In what book would you find mention of several ancient oaks and elms growing in a

garden that were excellent for climbing?


187. In what book does a character get the hiccups when nervous?


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188. In what book did a character think, "Well I knew I couldn't convince my mom, but

sometimes my stepdad could be reasoned with"?


189. In what book did a character think, "Humans didn't seem to like darkness"?


190. In what book did a character have a mother who was "very big into decluttering"?


191. In what book, after countless experiments with layers of reflective substances, does

the character develop a formula for solar popcorn?


192. In what book do you find this description, “She was dressed in a long black gown, a

jet tiara, and a smoke-coloured veil”?


Practice Grade 5

1. In what book do you read this description, it was a "strange sense of relief - the

terrified relief a soldier might feel when the waiting is over and the battle has

finally begun"?

Swindle Korman p. 222

2. In what book does a farmer say, “Those people in them fancy new homes won’t be able

to stand pig smell. So we can't raise hogs no more”?

Among the Hidden Haddix p. 25

3. In what book was there a “terrible shriek and the night splattered with blood”?

Capture, The Lasky p. 162

4. In what book is a character struck by lightning?

Noses Are Red Scrimger p. 115

5. In what book is branching a part of the growing process?


6. In what book does a character roar with pain and raise his hand as "…a charred,

black smear was added to the other ugly features on his grizzled face"?

Sisters Grimm Book 1 Buckley p. 242

7. In what book do we learn that the main character “belonged at home. Home, where the

backyard always beckoned, always safe and protected by the house and the barn and

the woods. Until they took the woods away”?


8. In what book are the characters warned about the dangers of magic, and are told

that, "….Magic in the wrong hands only leads to chaos"?


9. In what book did the parents believe that dinners were family gatherings and were

served in front of the TV?

Matilda Dahl p. 28

10. In what book do characters watch a cute little thing, with a look of concentration

similar to a kindergarten child tying shoes?


11. In what book are cabins named after animals such as Chipmunk, Raven and Weasel?


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12. In what book does a character say, “Forget that hiding-like-a-mole stuff. I'm your

ticket out”?


13. In what book does a character think, "it wasn't so different from looking through

the bedroom window at the city street. Everything was there, in proportion; all he

had to do was transfer it to the page"?

Masterpiece Broach p. 90

14. In what book does someone pity “the men inside the tunnel. All day long, breathing

in loose dirt, their eyes stinging from the fumes of blasting powder”?

White Jade Tiger Lawson p. 125

15. In what book does a family live in a home that is the "perfect location. It was

warm, because of the hot water pipes embedded in the walls; moist to make burrowing

easy; and dark and musty, like all the other homes the family had lived in?"


16. In what book are the characters forewarned to "be polite…No sass, no backtalk, stand

up straight…or so help me I'll---"?


17. In what book does a character long to feel like a kid again and not have to worry

about being safe?


18. In what book does a character ask, "but do you know how powerful secrets are and to

what lengths we will go just to protect them?"

Kendra Kandlestar and the Box of Whispers Fodi p. 188

19. In what book would a crazy guy shake his fist at the sky and yell “crazy stuff like

‘What’s the burn scale? Where’s the dome?’ and then he threw his head back and

laughed these loud, crazy laughs, so everyone could see that he had about thirty

fillings in his teeth”?

When You Reach Me Stead p. 16

20. In what book did a character use “a fat green marker, also swiped from work, to draw

a pyramid on April 27, with dollar signs and exclamation points all around it”?


21. In what book did one character have difficulty convincing another character of the

worthiness and capabilities of one particular child?

Matilda Dahl p. 87

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22. In what book does the father enjoy doing crossword puzzles in the Sunday Times?

Harry's Mad King-Smith p. 27

23. In what book does a character describe something as "a sheet of energy suspended in

air."


24. In what book does a 13-year-old plan to drive her parents’ car to a rally in front

of the president’s house?


25. In what book does a character have "bigger plans than selling shoes and measuring

hemlines…" and instead is looking forward to "capturing my rightful place in the

spotlight"?


26. In what book was a blind animal used as a nest-maid?


27. In what book does the bird who is not eating anything have a very good reason for

not eating?


28. In what book did the main character discover that being able to read was a true

source of enjoyment?

Matilda Dahl p. 13

29. In what book does a character state: "…now that we've got the shoes, we need the

proper disguises"?


30. In what book does a character have "seven braids in all reaching out from her small

head like rays of a star."


31. In what book does the father drive a five year old Ford?


32. In what book does a character scold his niece "how many times have I told you to not

borrow my books without asking?"


33. In what book are there orphans?


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34. In what book does a character say, "I am ashamed of many things in my life, but my

niece is not one of them. Indeed if anything, I am proud of her."


35. In what book does the main character sometimes picture the Government as “a very

big, mean, fat person, two or three times as tall as an ordinary man”?


36. In what book does a character think, "I was so enraged that consequences didn't

matter to me now" ?

Kensuke's Kingdom Morpurgo p. 96

37. In what book was a crazy guy “always on our corner, sometimes sleeping with his head

under the mailbox”?


38. In what book does a character scold two friends, "you are a pair of pestering

twerps, you know that? Why would I tell you anything?"


39. In what book did the father in the story put ads in the newspapers offering a reward

for the return of a valuable item that was missing?


40. In what book does this description appear, “Outside the tunnel, more rock had been

drilled and blasted, then broken into fragments to fill up the roadbed”?


41. In what book did one of the characters live in a dwelling that was very, very bare?

Matilda Dahl p. 190

42. In what book did the boys play kickball or football or speed in the backyard before

the woods came down?


43. In what book is a character grabbed by the wrist and flipped head over heels to land

hard on his back for touching someone without asking?


44. In what book does a character want to sell another character for a lot of money?


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45. In what book is there a “small array of polished battle claws hanging from one

wall”?


46. In what book does it state, “Light and dark, yin and yang. Perfect harmony”?


47. In what book does a character exclaim, “Wait, wait. We did not accept this tax.

Instead of paying it, we organized a strike”?


48. In what book did a character say “So? It doesn’t matter when you leave. It’s just

whether or not you get there that matters. Wait, I take that back. It does matter

when you leave. Because if you don’t leave for fifty years, even if you were there

the ticket guy probably won’t recognize you”?


49. In what book does it state that a character who is lost is difficult to find among

thousands upon thousands of short-legged gray birds?


50. In what book was one of the characters dominated by such a tyrant that she wouldn't

dare run away?

Matilda Dahl p. 200

51. In what book does a character observe, "So far as I could see there was no sign of

any human life"?


52. In what book is a character simply aghast when he heard parents talking about egg

snatching?


53. In what book does a "little bald bowling ball of a guy" not look like a pilot?


54. In what book does a character encounter, “No brakes, no horns, no whish of tires.

And no people. No footsteps, no voices”?


55. In what book did most of the children appear to be more intelligent and more

sensitive than the adults?

Matilda Dahl p. 100

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56. In what book does a character state, "I tried to swim away but it came after me,

hunting me" ?


57. In what book does a character figure “out that tonight is the third night of full

shine”?


58. In what book does a robbery change the course of events dramatically?


59. In what book does a step on a pebbly beach signal the end of the first portage?


60. In what book is a charater a star in one of Shakespeare's famous plays?


61. In what book does a mother show off two loaves of bread by setting them out on

special china?


62. In what book does a character exclaim "humph! Who's in such a hurry that he can't

mind where he is going?"


63. In what book does it state that the worst thing you could do would be to eat an egg

in front of one of the characters?


64. In what book is a character told that “ ‘Latchkey child’ is a name for a kid with

keys who hangs out alone after school until a grown-up gets home to make dinner”?


65. In what book does a character shiver and state: "whatever it was, it made an

enormous hole on the lawn"?


66. In what book does a character hurry home for "he'd been gone all night. His parents

would have no idea what had happened to him"?


67. In what book does a riot break out at the end of a game?


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68. In what book does a character think, "It didn't help to think that way…just like it

didn't help to think about the dark water in the drain, or what might be floating

there when you were about to dive in"?


69. In what book do two characters narrowly escape a wrecking ball?


70. In what book do the characters meet secretly in a storage area next to the school

gym?


71. In what book does a character provide the wrong directions and wrong address on

purpose?


72. In what book was there a chapter titled ‘Mom’s Rules for Life in New York City’?


73. In what book do we find this quote: "Rescuing old ladies is a job for a hero! I'm a

villian of the worst kind"?


74. In what book a boy think of his family as “a great team”?


75. In what book do we read of a cloud of dust that grew and made a noise as it grew?


76. In what book does a character explain "I could have gotten up there myself and

rigged something for the rest of you guys, but not now"?


77. In what book did a character ask, “So what's your story kid?”


78. In what book do you read this quote "it would have been great, though. A million

bucks. Hundreds of thousands anyway"?


79. In what book is a character glad to be floating down a river feet first?


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80. In what book does a character recall, "The agony was immediate and excruciating. It

permeated my entire body like one continous electric shock"?


81. In what book did a character realize “Holding that book in my hands, I finally

believed that whoever wrote me those notes actually knew about things before they

happened. Somehow”?


82. In what book is the description “perfectly moon-blinked” found?


83. In what book do you read, “The howling became a screaming, a fearful crescendo of

screeching that died away in its own echoes”?


84. In what book does a character state: "I never crave adventure. In my experience,

adventure can mean only one thing: danger!"


85. In what book is the main character described as rather extraordinary but she/he is

not particularly aware of it?

Matilda Dahl p. 10

86. In what book does a character state, "I loved the sound of the word 'funky'"?


87. In what book does a girl angrily declare, “No, I won’t love it! Don’t you dare take

off to the other side of the world and tell me I’ll love it. I’ll hate it! And I

hate you!”


88. In what book do we learn the ingredients in "charbroiled pancakes" or bannock?


89. In what book does a mother get a daughter a forged shopping pass?


90. In what book do we read this passage: "He looked me hard in the eye, leaving me in

no doubt that this was not meant as advice, this was a command that I should obey"?


91. In what book did a talking parrot cause quite a commotion in a home?

Matilda Dahl p. 48

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92. In what book does a character say, "Yes, but it was in a series of public places- a

hotel, a church, an office building. The tracking device isn't precise enough to

pinpoint rooms"?


93. In what book does a garbage man revive one of the characters who is very near death?


94. In what book is this quote: "Just tell it the location of where you want to go and

it'll get you there. Even if you don't know how to get there yourself"?


95. In what book do two brothers play the “Population Police” joke for years?


96. In what book is there an “inventorium”?


97. In what book does a character say, "why we have maps, books and journals of the

ancient explorers [in the library]. We cannot possibly commence this journey without

them"?


98. In what book does the main character get dizzy watching all the activity of

bulldozers and shovel contraptions?


99. In what book did it take great courage for a character to go to a neighbour’s house?


100. In what book does a character describe his pet this way, "She always looked so

serious when she swam, chin up and paddling purposefully"?


101. In what book do the Chinese people experience prejudice?


102. In what book does a character say, "humph, this has been enough excitement for one

day. Everyone to bed!"


103. In what book does a character hack into someone's computer and email system?


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104. In what book had character who worked “during lunch for the rest of that week. We

washed a lot of greasy plastic trays, weighed piles of sliced meat, stacked up sodas

in the refrigerated case, cut tomatoes, and did whatever else” they were told to do?


105. In what book did the main character’s mom want “to be a criminal defense lawyer --

she started law school and almost finished her first year, but then I was born and

she had to quit”?


106. In what book does a character think to herself that "her uncle's beard slowed her

uncle down"?


107. In what book does a character say, "they're afraid of their own shadows. I imagine

that big, dark shape was enough to send most hiding under their beds"?


108. In what book do characters follow the tradition when arriving home of exclaiming,

"We're home!"


109. In what book does a pet like to eat “delicious, squidgy, nutty chocolate bars”?


110. In what book does the food sound "normal enough: pork chops and steaks, mashed

potatoes and strawberries and chocolate cake - but it was all in foil packages"?


111. In what book does a character, if she’s afraid of someone on the street, turn to him

and say, “Excuse me, do you happen to know what time it is?”


112. In what book does the main character write a proposal for the development of a

skateboard park?


113. In what book did one of the characters pose as an answering service for his

household?


114. In what book does one particular character frighten everyone and anyone who comes in

contact with her?

Matilda Dahl p. 116

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115. In what book do campers battle through a game of Red Rover?


116. In what book are there “windless canyons and ravines”?


117. In what book does a character yell "Hey, somebody's got to help me with my ladder"?


118. In what book does the main character create a plan involving a fake sleepover idea?

Swindle Korman p. 4

119. In what book was a character stunned while watching writing appear on the

blackboard?

Matilda Dahl p. 222

120. In what book does a character crash while jumping down a set of stairs?


121. In what book does a character explain "we have to bring out the playful side, which

has been supressed for so long, the imagination, the whimsy, the fun"?


122. In what book do characters research security systems using resources in their school

library?


123. In what book does one of the characters turn on the TV to watch the news every

night?


124. In what book will you find this quote, “It was the smell that roused her, the stink

of rotting garbage and raw sewage. And something else, a sweet, cloying smell like

boiled potatoes”?


125. In what book does a character say, "you've had us worried out of our shells! Why

didn't you come home yesterday? You got me in a lot of trouble with your mother, I

hope you realize, for ever allowing you to stay behind"?


126. In what book is the main character threatened by a man with a gun?


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127. In what book does a character think, "the easiest thing would be to crawl onto the

rock and pull her out when she floated close enough. But, there wasn't time"?


128. In what book does a character say: "It's about time this little burg saw some

action"?


129. In what book did a character realize “That’s why you stood on our corner day after

day. That’s why you were always doing those kicks into the street -- you were

practicing”?


130. In what book is a character complimented for having "…incredible skills of

deduction. You looked at the clues and chose the most likely path to solve the

crime. You're going to make a great detective"?


131. In what book does a character notice, "The forest was alive with creatures. Birds

cackled and screeched high above me, and always the howling wailed and wafted

through the trees, but more distantly now"?


132. In what book does a character "look around in amazement. The nondescript door opened

into a large study lined with bookshelves. There were doors and hallways opening off

it, all hidden behind one wall of the gallery"?


133. In what book did one of the characters fly from New York to London’s Heathrow

Airport?


134. In what book does a character say, "Well, Justice for example. It's a universal

ideal. Civilizations depend on it. Wars are fought over it and people die for it -

or the lack of it"?


135. In what book do friends carry a carousel of chips from basement to basement all

summer?


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136. In what book is this description: "a cloud of little lights zipped out of the

forest…the lights didn't attack. Instead they hovered as if wanting instructions?


137. In what book is a character known to complain when she has to touch a child's

"sticky hands or wipe their runny noses," and reading bedtime stories "was

completely out of the question"?


138. In what book is one of the main character's father "an artist, the maker of large

abstract paintings"?


139. In what book does a charcter take a deep breath and say in awe, "such a glorious

aroma of knowledge."


140. In what book did a character realize “You saved Sal’s life. You were the laughing

man. You were the heap of something awful. You are dead”?


141. In what book do two characters eat the same way "like hungry pigs, scarfing down

anything that came close to their mouths"?


142. In what book does this quotation come from, "To the human eye the barrel would have

seemed gigantic, but to her, it was simply enormous--an alien, oversized object from

a world she found difficult to imagine."


143. In what book did a character find ways to cheat his customers into buying his

products?

Matilda Dahl p. 22

144. In what book does it say, “Back in the room, she took off the coolie clothes and

placed them on the window seat”?


145. In what book does a character remark, “Only eyes from the sea could possibly have

known what I was doing, and there were no eyes out there to see me”?


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146. In what book does a character think that "the world beyond the apartment still

seemed vast and unknowable"?


147. In what book was one of the characters fond of “seafaring men”?


148. In what book did a father state that no one ever got rich being honest?

Matilda Dahl p. 23

149. In what book is the main character a 12-year-old boy who has 2 older brothers?


150. In what book were questions discouraged?


151. In what book does a character realize, “It was different in those days. Forbidding

and mysterious. Alleys and twisted passageways, strange sights and sounds and

smells”?


152. In what book is a book of fiction seen as a history book where "every story is an

account of something that really happened"?


153. In what book does a pet enjoy playing board games?


154. In what book did a character live with rude, belligerent and unbearable people?

Matilda Dahl p. 65

155. In what book were characters given “number designation”?


156. In what book will you find this description, ”Glancing over her shoulder she caught

the flash of steel whizzing through the air, heard the cry, felt her knee buckle and

slam against the rail, felt her head smash on the wooden tie. Then all was

darkness”?


157. In what book does the story take place during the building of the C.P.R., 1880-1885?


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158. In what book can a character "see the workings of the lock with perfect clarity,

but have no idea how to move the mechanism and unlock the door"?


159. In what book does a character remark, "There were a thousand mysteries, a thousand

things I wanted to know"?


160. In what book did a character think “It was hard to imagine him sneaking around and

leaving a rose on anyone’s doormat, but I guess boys will surprise you sometimes”?


161. In what book did "kids with any money, even just a little, go out for lunch unless

something is going on and they won’t let us, like the first week of school, when

there was a man running down Broadway stark naked and we all had to eat in the

school cafeteria while the police tried to catch him”?


162. In what book does a character say, "I feel like you and I have gotten off to a bad

start somehow. Can I buy you a cup of coffee? Please? To make up for your trouble

coming all the way here again?"


163. In what book did a character mysteriously gather strength and lift into flight?


164. In what book does a character remark, "I felt as an orphan must feel, abandoned and

alone in the world. I was frightened, I was angry, I was completely bewildered"?


165. In what book do characters receive anonymous notes in their lockers?


166. In what book does one character not like another because of "the way he dresses …

the way he checks himself in the mirror" and "the way he peers around when he kisses

Mom"?


167. In what book does a farmer attempt to set up a hydroponics growing operation?


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168. In what book does a charcter think that "the pumpkins had all been carved with

faces, just like jack-o-lanterns, and were glaring back with scowls even more fierce

than his own"?


169. In what book does a character begin having dreams the night her mom was killed in a

car accident and for “the most part, (the dreams) unfolded as they had in the

beginning, clear and luminous”?


170. In what book does a character describe himself as feeling, "More and more isolated,

more and more wretched"?


171. In what book does a character say, "it's like when you tell a lie, and then you have

to tell more lies because of it, to cover it up. Have you ever done that? And even

if it's horrible and embarrassing to be caught, it's a relief at some level… you

know”?


172. In what book is there an “enormous facial disk”?


173. In what book does a bully say "I'm field-testing my new invention, the DumbPick.

Sorry, I thought your head was a coconut"?


174. In what book did a character enjoy living with almost anyone but her parents?

Matilda Dahl p. 240

175. In what book does a character think, "a grown-up leaving me is hard to take.

Especially a grown-up guy"?


176. In what book does a character do this: "spread it flat and set about meticulously

folding it and rolling it, exactly as he did with his blanket and towel"?


177. In what book did one character note that the law forbade her to hit someone with a

riding crop?

Matilda Dahl p. 123

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178. In what book was there a character who had brought the art of skulduggery to a high

point of perfection?

Matilda Dahl p. 108

179. In what book will you find this quote, “There were so many symbols: a chicken for

happiness, a cricket for good luck, a tortoise for long life”?


180. In what book do we find unbelievably rich Barons?


181. In what book is the following description found: "In the middle of the clearing sits

a trim little cabin. The door is shiny red. The chimney is smoking cheerfully"?


182. In what book does a character explain "I don't know what's good news or bad news

anymore"?


183. In what book did a character think “if someone sat on my legs and forced me to name

the day the whole true story began, I’d say it was the day Sal got punched”?


184. In what book did a character point at a book and say “Time travel. Some people think

it’s possible. Except those ladies lied, at the beginning of the book”?


185. In what book does a character experience "a wave of claustrophobia even though he

was accustomed to small dark places"?


186. In what book does a character question the fact that it is, “6:00 already? There was

no way to figure the passing of time”?


187. In what book does a character fall off a bike when seeing a for sale sign?


188. In what book does a character use a computer to organise a protest rally?


189. In what book was there resentment in a family right from the start?


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190. In what book do we read, “The old man was standing over me, his eyes full of rage

and hurt”?


191. In what book does a character reminisce, “We had some great days on the water. We’d

go out when it was rough, when no one else would, and we’d go skimming over the

waves, exhilarating in the speed of it the sheer joy of it”?


Practice Grade 6/7

1. In what book does a character say: “And one I saw the door and figured out what had

happened, I, too, hoped you might have been able to change his mind”?

Unwanteds, The McMann p. 279

2. In what book is a character not impressed with the number of times that his father

had tried to come to one of his games, but knew that he could count the number of

times that his father had actually made it to a game on one hand?

We All Fall Down Walters p. 54

3. In what book do we find the following, "Scared the way she must have been the day

she fell into the hole"?

One and Only Ivan, The Applegate p. 275

4. In what book does a character state, “Girls like us, we stick together”?

Uprising Haddix p. 165

5. In what book does a character state, “I'm standing up for myself”?


6. In what book does a character learn that a building has 104 passenger elevators?


7. In what book does the main character "paint what they see in their head. Things that

don’t exist"?


8. In what book does a character enter a burning shed to save someone's life?

I Am David Holm p. 70

9. In what book does a character curiously state, “I've always known there was

something different about you, and your brothers, too”?

Savvy Law p. 101

10. In what book is the main character's best friend named "Stella"?


11. In what book is a character decribes as being "lazy and worthless like the rest of

her tribe"?

Wings of Fire: The Dragonet Prophecy Sutherland p. 32

12. In what book does a character watch his pet green worm emerge from a cocoon as a

moth with light brown wings?

City of Ember, The DuPrau p.

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13. In what book is a character "picked up and thrown, sailing through the air"?


14. In what book do students participate in co-op placements for the day?


15. In what book does a character say "Hey, I get it. You're lovable or whatever. But

you can't forgive her for this. She'll only get more possessive if she thinks she

can get away with it"?


16. In what book is a stowaway murdered?

True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, The Avi p. 92

17. In what book did a character think, “I try not to think about death too much. I’m

not good with endings. They make me too sad”?

Mango-shaped Space, A Mass p. 22

18. In what book does a character say: “he'll slip through and come out the opposite

side, at the edge of the jungle where it meets the shore. He'll simply need to walk

a bit farther to get back to where he started”?


19. In what book is a character introduced to railway stations?


20. In what book is a character described in the following way, "His bald head was

wrapped round and round with bandages. He had wires and tubes and machines to help

him do everything, and his face was pale and sagging"?

Savvy Law p. 322

21. In what book does a character discover vermin in her bed?


22. In what book does a character feel like a princess being led to her throne?


23. In what book does a character raise “his chin slightly as his parents stood aside at

the front door, allowing the boy to enter before them for the first time”?


24. In what book is a character excited to be shown a globe?


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25. In what book does a character think, “Why does the only person in the world who

might see things the way I do have to be five years old”?


26. In what book does a character use a pillowcase for a travelling pack?


27. In what book does someone think that "Humans always smell odd when change is in the

air"?


28. In what book is the world compared to a hot dog?

Touching Spirit Bear Mikaelsen p.

29. In what book does a character say, “This just means we can have a feast! We'll have

all the goat meat we want!”


30. In what book does a character finally understand what music is?


31. In what book does the main character like to throw "me-balls"?


32. In what book does a character agree to climb to great heights in order to be

accepted as a member of a group?


33. In what book does the character wake up early to go swimming?


34. In what book does a character greet her son at last?


35. In what book does a character repeatedly hear the plea, "I'm in the wall, I'm in

the wall, I'm in the wall?"

Savvy Law p. 282

36. In what book do you read: “The old man sat behind the desk and pressed a finger to

his lips, looking disappointed and perhaps angry, but saying nothing, as if he were

waiting to hear more”?


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37. In what book does the view a character sees include the Statue of Liberty, Staten

Island and the Atlantic ocean?


38. In what book do characters stream “from the mansion and appeared to go about

business as usual, which was all the more shocking”?


39. In what book does a character "get a sandwich and take it to eat at her favourite

spot behind the library where trees grew densely on a steep hillside"?

Hurt Go Happy Rorby p. 97

40. In what book does a character "pout for hours… and only relent after a bribe of an

apple, two Oreo cookies, and a box of raisins"?


41. In what book does a character say "I'm serious! You've always said we have to stick

together. You always stop the others from fighting. You should tell them that means

we have to trust each other, too. And you should tell them to be better listeners.

You know, to everyone?”


42. In what book does a character honestly answer "Of course I am. But you're still

better company than the pigeons. All they want to talk about is nest design and who

to poop on"?


43. In what book does a character say "That's very sweet." She yawned again. "I'm going

to take a nap"?


44. In what book is New York city described as being the "center of the universe"?


45. In what book was the sky always dark?


46. In what book does a character state, “She's in pain and in mourning and we can

help!”


47. In what book is there a character who digs up potatoes that are "runny inside

instead of hard, and they stink"?


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48. In what book does a character state "she was sent to a facility in Norman, Oklahoma.

It's a kind of clearing house"?


49. In what book is there a character "outside peeing on the roses" to "keep the deer

from eating the garden"?


50. In what book does a character dream that he is a helpless bird?


51. In what book does a character have a mermaid tattooed on her arm?


52. In what book does the character "have to drive the twisty road to Willits where the

bus stopped twice each weekend"?


53. In what book does a character boast "It is magnificent and imposing!"…"Besides,

we're the only ones with visions of the future, so there"?


54. In what book does the main character think "was it just the two of us in all the

world, trapped in our own separate boxes"?


55. In what book do you find the following description,"I am a wild beast, my friend:

untamed and undaunted"?


56. In what book does a character find "a trowel and a big basket in the storeroom, and

from the pantry… a stack of wax paper sandwich bags to keep the dye mushrooms, which

could make you sick, separate from the mushrooms they would eat"?


57. In what book is the mayor a thief?


58. In what book does a character realize he is "so high up that planes were flying

below me"?


59. In what book does the main character think that human "speak too much"?


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60. In what book did one character ask another, “Did they make you run a maze with a big

chunk of cheddar at the end”?


61. In what book does a character have a knack for disappearing and later turning up

"behind a door or under (a) bed or beneath a pile of laundry?'

Savvy Law p. 25

62. In what book does happiness always make a character want to run?


63. In what book can you find the follwing quotation; 'She's not sure if she likes you,

or if she thinks you're a freak?"

Savvy Law p. 116

64. In what book does a character think, “I can’t believe I’m just discovering this. It

makes me want to paint. It makes me want to sing”?


65. In what book does the main character realize the difference between a domain and a

cage?


66. In what book does a character state "It says that scavengers have no scales, no

wings, and no tail, and they walk on two legs, which sounds unstable to me"?


67. In what book did a character ask, “You think it’s funny that I’m color-blind”?


68. In what book does a character, holding two colored pencils, remember "the powerful

wanting she had felt in that dusty store, and (now) the feeling of it was mixed up

with fear and shame and darkness"?


69. In what book does a character say. “I'll take her home with me”?


70. In what book do you read "He inhaled, hoping to catch the scent of the outside. But

the only faint smell was of rotten eggs"?


71. In what book does a dog give its life freely in order to protect its master's life?


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72. In what book does a character dream of one day living in a country where he could

live in safety?


73. In what book do the characters refer to where they live as "Nebransas" or "Kansaska"

because they live right between Nebraska and Kansas?

Savvy Law p. 3

74. In what book do the characters find a door that they can't open because they can't

find a "small steel pan"?


75. In what book does a character speak several languages?


76. In what book does a character say, “Kids who totally ignored me before are clamoring

to talk to me now. It would be more rewarding if it didn’t have the overtones of a

circus sideshow”?


77. In what book does a character feel “like she was making a momentous decision”?


78. In what book is a character told of one whose arm was amputated as punishment?


79. In what book is a character shown a photo of his mother?


80. In what book do we hear about prisoners who make their own rule not to talk about

food?


81. In what book can you find the following quotation, "We tried to explain again and

again what had happened as people jotted notes into notepads."

Savvy Law p. 288

82. In what book does a character say: “Once we're in, we'll have a few encounters if

the guards are still around, I imagine. You and I will freeze them up or some such

thing; then we'll seal the palace”?


83. In what book is the main character given finger paint to play with?


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84. In what book did a character say that going to the country store makes the character

feel like a character from "Little House on the Prairie”?


85. In what book is a character asked to select a victim for punishment?


86. In what book does a character daydream about a reunion with her family?


87. In what book does a character pause and say in a choked voice, "it's Poppa." ?

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88. In what book is "the train sitting in the station with only one door open"?


89. In what book are rocks compared to both ancestors and anger?


90. In what book did a character think, “I remember when Halloween was my favorite

holiday. Now I’d forgotten all about it”?


91. In what book does a character watch her mother make a pie in which the crust rolls

out "soft and smooth as silk - perfect as perfect"?

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92. In what book did a character state, “Are you aware that each year forty-five million

turkeys are killed for Thanksgiving”?


93. In what book does the main character "make pictures for the gift shop"?


94. In what book does this quotation come from "She looked down at the blackened earth

and curled her tail in close to make her imprint as small as possible"?


95. In what book does a character exclaim "It's … it's snowing" and then notice that

some of the snowflakes were glowing red?


96. In what book is a friendship almost destroyed by mutual distrust?


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97. In what book do we learn that it is common place for the father not to make it home

in time to eat dinner with his family?


98. In what book is the sighting of a bird taken to mean that a storm is close by?


99. In what book does the main character not have "any fancy gadgets" like television at

home?

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100. In what book is a character convinced that she will slip and fall to her death,

either by drowning or by breaking her neck?


101. In what book do you read this description of an office "It was empty and

eerie…televisions turned off…computer screens blank…but the telephones never stopped

ringing"?


102. In what book does a character explain that his/her father works in an office?


103. In what book does a character note, “for the first time the other girls looked at

her with something like respect”?


104. In what book does a tree fall during a lightning storm?


105. In what book does a character choke on grass?


106. In what book does a character say "And the fire is coming from the rocks. What if

you picked up the rocks and moved them? You could put the fire somewhere else and

open the doorway for us, couldn't you?"


107. In what book does a character hkeep hearing s sing-song voice inside her head saying

'it will be all right, it will be all right?"

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108. In what book does someone dream about "a sharp stick"?


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109. In what book does a character say: “And because of that failure on my part, she came

up with the plan to segregate the least useful in our society”?


110. In what book did a character think “Reading always makes me tired because sometimes

I get so caught up in the rainbow like colors of the words that I have to read

passages over and over”?


111. In what book do you read: “No one could even see the lake, because the towering

cement-block walls that surrounded the land reached all the way up to the barbed-

wire ceiling?”


112. In what book is a character treated like a dog?


113. In what book does a character notice it "was heavy when she pulled it out and her

first thought was that it had somehow filled with rainwater, but when she picked it

up by a corner, a package fell out"?


114. In what book does a character say of a river, "If you fall in, there is no hope of

fishing you out. The river swallows you and sweeps you away"?


115. In what book is a character charged with murder?


116. In what book does a character feel "He could save her. He could save all of them. He

just had to survive the river first"?


117. In what book did one character ask another, “Did they make you run a maze with a big

chunk of cheddar at the end”?


118. In what book does the main character beat up a classmate?


119. In what book does a person's wet and heavy hair feel like a blindfold?


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120. In what book does a team of people sort through the trash in search of anything

useful?


121. In what book does a character think, “We’ve never spoken about that day at the vet’s

office either. It’s like an unspoken agreement”?


122. In what book do you read, "Pride has no place on this island"?


123. In what book is a beaver carved of wood because he taught lessons to the character?


124. In what book does one character say to another, “So you read minds, do you? … I

knew there was something mental about you"?

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125. In what book does the main character has always known precisely how many days he has

been in his domain?


126. In what book does this quotation come from "As he lost consciousness, his last

thought was, I failed them"?


127. In what book does a character think it would be strange to have a blue sky?


128. In what book does a character start crying… not "pretty delicate crying, either. It

was full-on, snot-dripping, chest-wheezing, jibber-jabber wailing."

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129. In what book did a character reminisce that the grandfather’s soul, “isn’t wandering

the woods like ghosts I sometimes think I glimpse between the trees”?


130. In what book does a character set off for her native land without travelling

companions?


131. In what book are Snickers bars served for dessert?


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132. In what book did two characters refer to their activities as “PIC missions” and PIC

meant “Partners in Crime”?


133. In what book does a character say "But thank you for doing insanely dangerous things

for me anyway"?


134. In what book is a character awakened by something warm and hairy?


135. In what book does a character state, “You can't expect to change the world in a few

short months”?


136. In what book does a "woman take a phone from her briefcase and hold it for the man

to see as she punched in 911"?


137. In what book do you read: As the children ate, the teenagers formed two rows facing

them. A rousing but pleasant noise burst from the nearby bushes, and the group

stated words of welcome in a most peculiar way”?


138. In what book do characters go on an incredibly wild boat ride?


139. In what book does a character say: “Remember when we made houses in the mud with the

bone? Do you?”


140. In what book does a senior character pause “in the doorway for a split second and

then, perhaps heavily, continued up the steps without looking back. He took a seat

on the opposite side of the bus”?


141. In what book do two male characters take turns carrying a female character?


142. In what book does a character use a toothbrush for the first time?


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143. In what book do you read "All of her beautiful colors faded away. The shadows and

crags behind her appeared perfectly reproduced"?


144. In what book does a character say, “You may never get a chance to so something like

this again!”


145. In what book is a character given help in order to escape from a concentration camp?


146. In what book does a ring land in “smashed monkey dung”?


147. In what book do a character and a dog become friends?


148. In what book does a character say to his father, "We're not stopping"?


149. In what book does a character state "There's a battle almost every day for Her

Majesty's amusement. It you win enough battles, you go free"?


150. In what book does a character state, “I'd be proud to take you and your friends down

there!”


151. In what book do we learn that 20 000 people work in just one building?


152. In what book does a character state, "I know how easy it is to make wrong choices

and end up in difficult situations, but things don't always turn out badly."

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153. In what book can you find the following quotation, " 'I don't know what you want me

to tell you,' I said, feeling false and fickle, knowing exactly what he wanted to

hear and knowing that I could never tell him?"

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154. In what book does a character "wrapped in a towel, pull her stool out and climb up

onto the edge of the bathroom counter… and squeeze out a big glob of Crest"?


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155. In what book is a character called "bug-boy" by his peers?


156. In what book was there a character who recalled, “my feet were freezing in the

sandals that in my humble opinion no one should have to wear in northern Illinois in

the middle of December”?


157. In what book did a character say, “I’ve studied some unusual cases. As luck would

have it, I’m one of the few researchers in the world who has experience with your

condition”?


158. In what book is a character imprisoned in a cage of iron bars with little hope of

proving her innocence?


159. In what book can you find the quotation, “We can't know the troubles she's seen—

imagine, if that were our family”?


160. In what book is a women found "pinned beneath a fallen file cabinet"?


161. In what book does a character say "singing is a joyful thing. More than anything, I

want you to hear music again, but learn to sing with your hands"?


162. In what book does a character decide that the truth is the only proof he needs?


163. In what book does a character say: “Remind me that we'll need to come back and feed

these guards in a few days, will you”?


164. In what book does a Tlingit elder teach lessons about life by pushing someone onto

the floor?


165. In what book do you read: “The tall, thin figure that had emerged from the gray

building—now mansion—was a man dressed in flowing multicolored robes”?


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166. In what book does a character stop "once to look back at the geese and wonder how

they'd found one another, and how they knew this was where they should be"?


167. In what book do the characters do a dance to show what they have learned about a

whale?


168. In what book does a character turn down a reward for finding a stranger's glasses?


169. In what book does a character notice "her left thumb was damp and wrinkled. It had

been so long since she'd awakened to find her thumb wet that she'd lulled herself

into thinking she'd finally outgrown sucking it"?


170. In what book does a character think, “We're like tinder. Just one spark, that's all

we need”?


171. In what book does the main character like "to have sips of soda poured into his

mouth like a bubbling waterfall"?


172. In what book is a character “strangely embarrassed to have sparked such excitement”?


173. In what book does the memory of a bear’s eyes have a calming effect on a character?


174. In what book is the main character never angry?


175. In what book does a character say, “I doubt if you let it pass whether it can be

created again in five or ten years of a generation”?


176. In what book is a character terror-stricken by a grotesque carving?


177. In what book does a character say: “And my father must have really wanted to get rid

of me.” She shrugged off the hurt. “What about you? Do you think about your parents

or your brother”?


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178. In what book does a character say "You killed my brother. You left me here. And it's

your fault my friend is dead. I may not want you dead, but I don't want to know

you"?


179. In what book can you find the following quote, "Humans. Sometimes they make chimps

look smart"?


180. In what book does a character say: “And you chose to lie to me, and bring me there

under the guise of refining oil. So that we could declare quite openly to the entire

pathetic place that we were dumbfounded to discover their existence”?


181. In what book does a cake get thrown against a door?


182. In what book does a character "construct a wire basket to surround the bush to keep

the deer from eating the flowers"?


183. In what book do the characters choose to watch an event on TV rather than witness it

with their own eyes?


184. In what book is there a tradition "that everyone who played an instrument brought it

for the after dinner sing-along"?


185. In what book does a character burn down a shelter?


186. In what book does it state "the sleeping platform was new and a tire hung from a

single long rope"?


187. In what book did a character get a painful jolt through his body when he took apart

electric outlets to see how the wires inside were wound together?


188. In what book does a character say: “I'm not dead. But you will be soon if you don't

listen to me. If you don't come with me. Please”?


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189. In what book does a man return terrified from a visit from the Unknown regions?


190. In what book is a character arrested for "spreading vicious rumours"?


191. In what book does a character state, "(It's) not a sickness or a disease. It's not

magic or sorcery, either. (It's) in your blood. It's an inheritance, like your

brown eyes or your grandma's long toes or her talent for dancing to polka music?"

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192. In what book does a character think, “God made me, too. And He made me to fight”?


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