Book Bowl Tryouts

Question 1

Lois Lowry is the author of which book?

Accepted Answer

On the Horizon

Question 2

What book cover is this?

Accepted Answer

The Unadoptables

Question 3

Which book takes place in Houston, Texas?

Accepted Answer

Count Me In

Question 4

On The Horizon: What food did the Japanese people think the bomb looked like?

Accepted Answer

Mushroom

Question 5

Which book takes place in Amsterdam?

Accepted Answer

The Unadoptables

Question 6

The Unadoptables: What is Sem's talent that helps them fool the neighbors into thinking their father is there?

Accepted Answer

Sewing

Question 7

Which book is partly autobiographical?

Accepted Answer

On the Horizon

Question 8

Which book takes in a farm town?

Accepted Answer

Saving Winslow

Question 9

"Houdini and Me:" What is the one thing Houdini said he could not escape from?

Accepted Answer

Death

Question 10

On the Horizon: What does the word "Hibakusha" mean?

Accepted Answer

Those who have survived

Question 11

Who is the author of The Unadoptables?

Accepted Answer

Hana Tooke

Question 12

The Unadoptables: Why did the children first decide to leave the orphanage?

Accepted Answer

They thought they killed Mrs. Gassbeek

Question 13

The Unadoptables: "I'm dressed as a polder warden, actually," Edda said." What is a polder?

Accepted Answer

An area of low-lying land

Question 14

Excerpt: "Zeke likes to do weird stuff that most other people wouldn't think of doing." What was Zeke going to do?

Accepted Answer

Put a penny on the train track

Question 15

Excerpt: "I don't always stupidly expect the best. I worry about the worst, but I hope for the best."

Accepted Answer

Saving Winslow

Question 16

Which book cover is this?

Accepted Answer

Houdini and Me

Question 17

In Saving Winslow, why doesn't Mrs. Tooley like Winslow?

Accepted Answer

He wakes up the baby.

Question 18

In which book does the main character live in a famous person's house?

Accepted Answer

Houdini and Me

Question 19

Which book takes place during World War 2?

Accepted Answer

On the Horizon

Question 20

Count Me In: What is Karina's hobby that she uses to help get the word out about what happened to her grandpa?

Accepted Answer

Photography

Question 21

This image is from which book cover?

Accepted Answer

Count Me In

Question 22

In which book does the main character have an injury and go into a coma?

Accepted Answer

Houdini and Me

Question 23

Excerpt:"An indigo bunting atop a golden sunflower beside a white fence beneath a blue sky with drifting white clouds."

Accepted Answer

Saving Winslow

Question 24

Count Me In: What is an activist?

Accepted Answer

Someone who campaigns to bring about social change

Question 25

Who is the author of Count Me In?

Accepted Answer

Varsha Bajaj

Question 26

In which book is the story told from alternating points of view?

Accepted Answer

Count Me In

Question 27

Excerpt: "Haiku: White light, whirling cloud, next a strange ghostly silence, then startling black rain."

Accepted Answer

On the Horizon

Question 28

The Unadoptables: Which container was Milou found in when she was a baby?

Accepted Answer

Coffin-shaped basket

Question 29

In Saving Winslow, what does everyone keep telling Louis will happen to Winslow?

Accepted Answer

He will die.

Question 30

The Unadoptables: What disease is commonly called "consumption, that the children claimed their father had?"

Accepted Answer

Tuberculosis

Question 31

"His new, loud braying was becoming annoying, not only to the neighbors, but also to Louie's parents." What is braying?

Accepted Answer

Crying

Question 32

Excerpt: "Beneath the stars I found you, under the moon I lost you."

Accepted Answer

The Unadoptables

Question 33

What is Karina made fun of at the start of Count Me In?

Accepted Answer

Hairy arms

Question 34

Which of these books is non fiction?

Accepted Answer

On the Horizon

Question 35

In which book does one of the main characters have to have math tutorials?

Accepted Answer

Count Me In

Question 36

Excerpt: "The middle school bus is a monster that no one has slayed, as far as I know."

Accepted Answer

Count Me In

Question 37

Who is the author of "Saving Winslow?"

Accepted Answer

Sharon Creech

Question 38

"Houdini and Me" takes place in which major US city?

Accepted Answer

New York City, New York

Question 39

In which book do the main characters put on a puppet show?

Accepted Answer

The Unadoptables

Question 40

Houdini's main illusion was called "Metamorphosis." What is a "metamorphosis?"

Accepted Answer

A change

Question 41

In which book does the main character have an older brother in the military?

Accepted Answer

Saving Winslow

Question 42

Dan Gutman wrote which book?

Accepted Answer

Houdini and Me

Question 43

On the Horizon: What beloved thing was Shinichi Tetsutani buried with?

Accepted Answer

A red tricycle

Question 44

Which book cover is this from?

Accepted Answer

Saving Winslow

Question 45

This image is from which book cover?

Accepted Answer

On The Horizon

Question 46

On the Horizon: What is the name of the ship that was sunk at Pearl Harbour?

Accepted Answer

USS Arizona

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