2009 Reading Olympics #1
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Test questions to help students study and prepare for the 2009 Montgomery County Reading Olympics competition.
- 1.In the book, A Deadly Game of Magic, what do Julian's parents want him to do when he grows up?
- A.
Join the family business
- B.
Become a concert pianist
- C.
Become a doctor
- D.
Take over the family farm
- E.
Become the Soul Eater
- 2.In the book, A Deadly Game of Magic,what do Teena's parents want her to do for a profession when she grows up?
- A.
Act in school musicals
- B.
Be a housewife, like her mother
- C.
Be a travel agent
- D.
Be a librarian like Mrs. Markey
- E.
Be a lawyer
- 3.In the book, A Deadly Game of Magic, what happens to Lisa when her parents compare her to her successful, older brother and sister?
- A.
She gets a pain in her stomach
- B.
She trashes her room
- C.
She runs away
- D.
She hits her cat
- E.
She smiles because she is proud of both of them
- 4.In the book, The Mysterious Benedict Society, who disables The Whisperer?
- A.
Ronald McDonald
- B.
Miss Langdon
- C.
Mr. Benedict
- D.
Constance
- E.
Reynard
- 5.In the book, Doing Time Online, what did Michael do to get in trouble?
- A.
Ate his neighbor's pie that was on the windowsill
- B.
Along with Trotter, scared his neighbor, Old Mrs. Wheeler by imitating her lost cat and then jumping out at her
- C.
Stole money from school
- D.
He played Nintendo Wii before doing his homework
- E.
He talked back to his Dad
- 6.In the book, Doing Time Online, what did Trotter steal and hide in Michael's backyard
- A.
Bryce Loski's video game
- B.
Granddad Duncan's donuts
- C.
Mrs. Arnold's pig
- D.
A bike from a house on Walnut Street
- E.
The town gossip's stories
- 7.In the book, Mister Monday, what are Mr. Monday's three assistants called?
- A.
Bobby, Sarah and Ally
- B.
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
- C.
Sneezer, The Old One, Sally Turquoise Blue
- D.
Dusk, Dawn and Noon
- E.
Chuck Norris, Angela Lansbury and Elton John
- 8.In the book, Mister Monday, what two forms does the Will take?
- A.
Ugly old lady and a blue jay
- B.
A witch and a fairy
- C.
Nilthings and Pyramid of Coal
- D.
A frog and a beautiful woman
- E.
Gym teacher and Cafeteria ladies
- 9.In the book, Cracker, the Best Dog in Vietnam, what was the name of the dog who died trying to save her trainer?
- A.
Maggie
- B.
Maxie
- C.
Tristie
- D.
Twenty-Twenty
- E.
Lassie
- 10.In the book, Mr. Monday, who did Mr. Monday give the Key to?
- A.
The Fetchers
- B.
Arthur Penhaligon
- C.
Sneezer
- D.
His father
- E.
Sally Turquoise Blue
- 11.In the book, Mr. Monday, what did Arthur's birth parents die from?
- A.
Car accident
- B.
A spy killed them
- C.
Rock music
- D.
Flu epidemic
- E.
Fairy dust
- 12.In the book, Mr. Monday, what do the Sentinels do?
- A.
Guard one of the seven fragments of the Will
- B.
Sharpen their blades on stones
- C.
Eat small children
- D.
Guard the House
- E.
March in formation around Arthur's new school
- 13.In the book, Mr. Monday, how does Arthur avoid getting on the windowless bus when his school is quarantined?
- A.
He runs back into the library
- B.
He pretends he is crazy
- C.
He fakes an asthma attack and is put in an ambulance instead
- D.
He tells the guards that his mother is a famous doctor
- E.
He doesn't escape, he is put on the bus with the other students
- 14.In the book, The Lighthouse Land, what does Jamie O'Neill's mother inherit?
- A.
A box of jewels
- B.
Muck Island and the Lighthouse House, in Ireland
- C.
A newspaper company
- D.
Seven silver slippers
- E.
A golden retriever dog that does tricks
- 15.In the book, the Lighthouse Land, how did Jamie lose his arm?
- A.
A car accident
- B.
Aliens took it for testing
- C.
Fighting in the Revolutionary War
- D.
He had bone cancer
- E.
He was born with just one arm
- 16.In the book, The Lighthouse Land, what did Jamie do when he woke up from his operation and found his arm gone?
- A.
He yelled at his father and mother
- B.
He stopped talking
- C.
He ran away
- D.
He ate ice cream
- E.
He joined the baseball team at school
- 17.In the book, The Lighthouse Land, what did Jamie do to get even with Eric, the bully who beat Jamie up and stole his piggy bank?
- A.
Stole his bike
- B.
Reported him to the cops
- C.
Broke his window
- D.
Left a cake filled with Extra-Strength laxative on his doorstep where he knew Eric would find and eat it
- E.
Told Eric's father what he did
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