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Polar Boy

Questions

Polar Boy

1. What place is Polar Boy set in?

Polar Boy

2. What does Iluak wear on a string around his neck?

Polar Boy

3. Iluak’s family builds a special igloo before they leave for seal hunting. What sort is it?

Polar Boy

4. During the whale hunt, who is knocked overboard by a wave?

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5. Iluak rescues a Viking girl, Elga, from a polar bear. What is her father’s name?

Polar Boy

Answers

Polar Boy

1. What place is Polar Boy set in?

Baffin Island

Polar Boy

2. What does Iluak wear on a string around his neck?

His grandfather’s bear claw

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3. Iluak’s family builds a special igloo before they leave for seal hunting. What sort is it?

Ceremonial igloo

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4. During the whale hunt, who is knocked overboard by a wave?

Polar Boy5. Iluak rescues a Viking girl, Elga,

from a polar bear. What is her father’s name?

Bjalki

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

Questions

1. What was special about Edward that allowed him to have freedom of movement and be arranged in poses to reflect his mood?

2. Who commissioned and originally paid for ET clothes?

3. What word did ET associate with “bunny”?

4. How did ET end up in the sea and what state was he in?

5. What change happened to ET when Nellie told him stories?

Answers

1. What was special about Edward that allowed him to have freedom of movement and be arranged in poses to reflect his mood?

Bendable wire

2. Who commissioned and originally paid for ET clothes?

Pellegrina

3. What word did ET associate with “bunny”?

derogatory

4. How did ET end up in the sea and what state was he in?

Tossed overboardNaked

5. What change happened to ET when Nellie told him stories?

He listened

Ziba came on a boat

Questions

Ziba came on a boat

1. What did Ziba carry with her on the boat?

Ziba came on a boat

2. On the page where Ziba is sitting with her father, what animal is in the picture?

Ziba came on a boat

3. What caused Ziba to remember the cold winter nights at home?

Ziba came on a boat

4.What words are used to describe the boat Ziba came on?

Ziba came on a boat

5. What does the word “azadi” mean?

Ziba came on a boat

Answers

Ziba came on a boat

1. What did Ziba carry with her on the boat?

A doll given to her by her father

Ziba came on a boat

2. On the page where Ziba is sitting with her father, what animal is in the picture?

A bird

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3. What caused Ziba to remember the cold winter nights at home?

A cool wind blowing across the swirling sea

Ziba came on a boat

4. What words are used to describe the boat Ziba came on?

A soggy old fishing boat

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5. What does the word “azadi” mean?

freedom

Crocodile Attack

Questions

Crocodile Attack

1. What was the name of the tropical cyclone?

Crocodile Attack

2. The siren the robber heard was a _________?

Crocodile Attack

3. The robber took Nissa and Sam as ________?

Crocodile Attack

4. As Sam and Nissa were running from the train what saved them?

Crocodile Attack

5. What was the robber’s name?

Crocodile Attack

Answers

Crocodile Attack

1. What was the name of the tropical cyclone?

Crocodile Attack

2. The siren the robber heard was a __________?

A cyclone warning

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3. The robber took Nissa and Sam as ________?

Hostages

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4. As Sam and Nissa were running from the train what saved them?Grabbing a dangling rope from

a helicopter

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5. What was the robber’s name?

Nathan MacDonald

Ghost in my Suitcase

Questions

1. Who taught Por Por to be a ghost hunter?

2. Who is the ghost of Bao Mansion?

3. What is Por Por’s sword made from?

4. Which player gets the first move in the game Weiqi and what colour stones do they always use?

5. Why does Celeste go back to Boa Mansion to find?

Answers

1.Who taught Por Por to be a ghost hunter?

Crazy Big Head

2. Who is the ghost of Bao Mansion?

Shen Da Pai

3.What is Por Por’s sword made from?

Ancient Chinese coins

4. Which player gets the first move in the game Weiqi and what colour stones do they always use?

The weaker player, the black stones

5. Why does Celeste go back to Boa Mansion to find?

Ting Ting’s talisman necklace

Rules of Cool: Mac Slater Cool Hunter #1

Questions

1. What was the greatest invention ever, according to Paul and Mac?

2. What is the librarian’s name?

3. How old is Mac?

4. Why did Mac call his parents low-fi?

5. What is the name of the housing estate where Paul lived?

Answers

1. What was the greatest invention ever, according to Paul and Mac?

A flying bike

2. What is the librarian’s name?

Mrs Roberts

3. How old is Mac?

14 Years old

4. Why did Mac call his parents low-fi?

because they had a no mobile phone policy

Rules of Cool: Mac Slater Cool Hunter #15. What is the name of the housing

estate where Paul lived?

Sunset Downs

Tie-breakers

Tie-breaker 1

After his rebirth ceremony, what does Iluak see in the night sky?

(extra point for detail)

Tie-breaker 1 - Answer

After his rebirth ceremony, what does Iluak see in the night sky?

Polar bear stars (2pts)

Tie-breaker 2

Name as many objects CelesteFinds in the strongbox?

(1 point for every correct answer)

Tie-breaker 2 - Answer

Name as many objects Celeste Finds in the strongbox?

1. a black feather2. a cloth purse filled with seed3. teeth that look human4. a tangle of matted grey hair5. the skull of a bird6. a row of claws on a long thread of red cotton7. Ting Ting’s talisman necklace8. a piece of paper with a red stamp

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