OBOB Practice Questions
SET 2
1. In which book do a brother and sister have to escape from a hotel after an earthquake
starts a fire?
2. In which book are there drawings by John Hendrix?
3. In which book does a character have supervillains for parents?
4. In which book does a character teach herself to read by age 3?
5. In which book does a character travel from Boston to Alabama?
6. In which book is a character called “Bigfoot” by a classmate?
7. In which book does a character get a teacher’s note requesting a parent to come in for a
conference?
8. In which book does a character nibble on a book?
9. In Because of Mr. Terupt, Mr. Terupt gives Peter two nicknames on the first day of school.
Name one of them.
10. In Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, what is Mrs. Dursley’s first name?
11. In Quinny & Hopper, what is the name of the town Quinny’s family moves to?
12. In Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio, what grade is the main character in when she gets
polio?
13. In A Snicker of Magic, what is the name of the town where magic happens?
14. . In Rescue on the Oregon Trail, what is the reason that Ranger could not be a search
and rescue dog?
15. In Woof, what is “rule number three” in Rory’s family?
16. In Knucklehead, how does Jon’s little brother, Gregg, first get his collarbone broken?
OBOB PRACTICE ANSWERS
SET 2
1. Answer: Escaping the Giant Wave by Peg Kehret
2. Answer: Hook’s Revenge by Heidi Schulz
3. Answer: Joshua Dread by Lee Bacon
4. Answer: Matilda by Roald Dahl
5. Answer: Miss Spitfire: Reaching Helen Keller by Sarah Miller
6. Answer: Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary
7. Answer: Skateboard Party by Karen English
8. Answer: Upside-Down Magic by Sarah Mlynowski
9. Answer: Mr. Peebody OR Peter the Pee-er. (P. 2)
10. Answer: Petunia. (P. 7; Ch. 1)
11. Answer: Whisper Valley (P. 5; Ch. 1)
12. Answer: 7 th (P. 11; Ch. 1)
13. Answer: Midnight Gulch. (P. 2; Ch. 1)
14. Answer: Squirrels, he could not resist chasing them. (P. 12-13; Ch. 2)
15. Answer: When you’ve started to tell someone something, you can’t stop. (P 74; Ch. 6)
16. Answer: He is tackled during a game of “slaughter ball” (P. 41; Ch.13)