The Newbery Award

1. Sounder is the name of a:

Dog

Boy

Cat

2. In Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell Karana makes friends with which animal?

Bears

Wolves

Lions

3. In Jacob Have I Loved, Sara Louise is jealous of who?

Her sister, Caroline

Her Brother, Will

Her neighbor, Rachel

4. The Witch of Blackbird Pond is about a real witch.

True

False

5. What is Miss Hickory made of?

A forked twig from a maple tree and bottle cap for her head

A forked twig from an apple tree and a hickory nut for her head

A forked twig from a hickory tree and maple nut for her head

6. Why wouldn't the yellow-spotted lizards bite Zero and Stanley at the end of Holes by Lois Sachar?

They ate a lot of onions and the lizards didn't like the smell

They had been rolling in the mud which was full of artificial fertilizer and the lizards didn't like the smell

The lizards were trained by the camp warden not to bite the inmates and were kept as pets

7. Who is the protagonist of The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman?

Nobody

Boy

Invisible

8. What are the people in Jonas's hometown unable to do in The Giver?

Feel pain

Hear music

See color

9. Why does Mrs. Frisby from Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH ask for help from the rats after her husband dies?

Her daughter is missing and they must find her before they migrate for the winter

Her son is sick and cannot migrate for the winter

10. What does Maniac Magee do as a last ditch effort to impress the East Siders in Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli?

He runs ten miles with no shoes on

He unties the infamous Cobble's Knot

He finds Amanda Beale's dog, Rooster