2023 BoB 10th Practice Questions

In which book are a group of street kids given lollies as a reward for their role in "beating the bad guys and rescuing a missy in distress"?

• The Ogress and the Orphans

• Lizard's Tale

• Efren Divided

• Serafina's Serect

Answer explanation

Answer is in page 172.

the boys took the lollies and whooped jubilantly. As far a they were concerned, they had beaten the bad guys and rescued a missy in distress; a British missy, what's more.

In which book does a girl protect herself with panna leaves, unraveled from fish wraps and smeared across her chest and stomach?

• Lintang and the Pirate Queen

• Our Castle by the Sea

• Dragon Skin

• The Ogress and the Orphans

Answer explanation

Answer is in page 76 .

The malm rasha tried again, clawing and tearing, until the front of Lintang's sarong was in tatters. And yet not a single scratch made it onto her skin. Instead, the malam rasha kept coming across panna leave, unraveled from their fish wraps and smeared onto Lintang's chest and stomach with sauce from the dish.A spicy scent drifted up between them.

In which book do children enjoy having their hair washed and combed more than they had expected?

• The Ogress and the Orphans

• Among the Hidden

• Alone

• The Wind Singer

Answer explanation

Answer is in page 298.

In which book does a girl say that speaking French makes you smart?

• Lizard's Tale

• Serafina's Promise

• Ground Zero

• While I Was Away

Answer explanation

Answer is in page 165.

In which book does a girl realize her past insensitivity towards her mother's second language fluency after being bullied herself for having an accent?

• The Not-so-uniform Life of Holly Mei

• Ground Zero

• While I Was Away

• Serafina's Secret

Answer explanation

Answer is in page 169.

Just like my Japanese, my mom's English wasn't great. Sometimes when we went shopping, se'd ask a question to a salesclerk and the lady would answer back in a loud voice, almost shouting. 'What? I can't understand you with that accent." Sometimes my mom asked me to call restaurants to make a reservation or the doctor's office to schedule my own appointments. Now, I felt bad about how much I complained, grumbling under my breath, 'Why don't you do it yourself?'

In which book does a woman receive a vegetable peeler as a thank you gift?

• While I Was Away

• The Ogress and the Orphans

• Ice Dogs

• Dragon Skin

Answer explanation

Answer is in page 285.

First, my father presented my grandmother with gifts, he brought from the United States.Over the past five months, I learned how customary it was to bring gifts when visiting someone, and especially to people who had done you a favor. Obaasama sure had done my patents a huge favor by taking me in - I understood this now.

My father presented Obaasama with the items I came to accept from the cake packages I received: Pepperidge Farm cookies, boxes of Jelly-O, unfrosted Pop Tarts.

"What's this?" asked Obaasama as se pulled a vegetable peeler out of the gift bag.

In which book does a girl pick out a velvet dress of rainforest green, a gray "skivvy", black stretchy pants called tights and a pair of boots for her new clothes?

• Dragon Skin

• Among the Hidden

• Lizard's Tale

• Lintang and the Pirate Queen

Answer explanation

Answer is in pages 152-153.

When she couldn't find any other clothes that looked like captain's, she picked out a dress o rainforest green.

"It's made of velvet," Avalon said as Lintang trailed her fingers along the fabric. She'd never heard o velvet.

"Here's a skivvy to go beneath it." Captain Shafira held up a gray top with a high neck. Lintang also found stretchy black pants like the ones Dee wrote. Tights, Captain Shafira called them.

In which book is a boy tasked with the job of delivering the message: "autumn is coming so get marmalade"?

• Lizard's Tale

• The Ogress and the Orphans

• The Wind Singer

• Lintang and the Pirate Queen

Answer explanation

Answer is in page 179.

Uncle Archie stared a Lizard, suddenly intense. 'Lizard, there isn't much time. You must pass on a message for me,' he said. 'It's vitally important. I'm trusting you, my boy. You must go to Mr Davis at the Hill Street Export Offices and tell him that the gamekeeper says that autumn is coming so get marmalade.'

In which book is a boy wrestled to the ground by a girl who thinks he's a burglar?

• Scritch Scratch

• Lintang and the Pirate Queen

• Amog the Hidden

• Troublemaker

Answer explanation

Answer is in page 58.

Before he had a chance to think of another word, the girl was across the room and had knocked him down. Then she pinned him to the floor, his arm twisted behind his back, his face buried in the carpet. Luke struggled to turn his head to breathe.

"So," the girl hissed in his ear. "You think you can sneak up on a poor, innocent, unsuspecting girl, who's home all alone? Guess nobody told you about our alarm system. A call went out to our security guards the minute you stepped on our property. They'll be here any second."

In which book does a girl vow that when she owns a car she'll never build a house for it because people need houses more than cars do?

• Alone

• Serafina's Promise

• WhatisHisFace

• Among the Hidden

Answer explanation

Answer is in page 68.