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ABOUT THE BOOK
NO SPOILERSCilantro is a newly promoted chameleon field agent for the spy agency S.U.I.T., and she has one big problem: her camouflage only covers her own skin, so the vest that comes with the job cancels out the one trick that actually makes her good at it. After she botches a simple arrest because she left that vest behind, the General Inspector ships her off to a strange other department run by the deliberately cryptic Inspector Vague, who warns her to "Trust no one!" and hands her a bus ticket to a literal cornfield mission with the gadget-obsessed mechanic Monocle. Out at the farm, mysterious crop circles keep showing up overnight, a shepherd named Milford can't sell his wool because rumors say his land has gone radioactive, and a potato-shaped conspiracy livestreamer named Russel D. Russet is convinced aliens are behind it all. Cilantro starts digging for real answers, with no idea yet how much this quiet farm assignment is about to demand of her.
Free Battle of the Books questions for Agents of S.U.I.T.
SPOILERSEvery one of these has the same answer, and that is the point. In a real battle the question is read aloud with a dozen other books in play, and students have a few seconds to place it. Here is what a battle might ask about Agents of S.U.I.T.. Use them as a quiz, a trivia round, or BOTB practice.
Where in the book they come from
- Early in the book
In what book is a dog thief locked in a jail cell shaped like a doghouse?
✓ Answer
Agents of S.U.I.T. by John Patrick Green
Every cell in the prison block is themed, and the burglar gets the one with a red roof and a bone shaped sign. He admits it is actually a little nicer than the doghouse he has back in the city.
- First half
In what book does a chameleon escape by pointing at an imaginary alien overlord manager?
✓ Answer
Agents of S.U.I.T. by John Patrick Green
Russel grabs Cilantro on the sidewalk and demands to know her plans for the planet, so she sends him looking the other way and camouflages herself. He turns back to find nothing but her grocery bag and her empty vest floating in the air.
- First half
In what book does a robot lookout report only that the corn grew a tenth of a millimeter?
✓ Answer
Agents of S.U.I.T. by John Patrick Green
Cilantro comes back from town and asks the robot scarecrow whether he saw anything while she was gone. He is thrilled to give his report, and it is completely useless, which is exactly why he is so likable.
- Second half
In what book do sheep chew crop circles because people say "Sheep are nothing but followers"?
✓ Answer
Agents of S.U.I.T. by John Patrick Green
Zeb explains that each sheep grazes one small piece of a huge pattern, so together they make something nobody would ever believe sheep could do. The entire scheme runs on everyone underestimating sheep.
- Second half
In what book does a cat grumbling about flying saucers decide he wants a saucer of milk?
✓ Answer
Agents of S.U.I.T. by John Patrick Green
Milford is at his kitchen table in pajamas, fed up with all the talk of crop circles and saucers. His milk break gets interrupted by a noise outside, which turns out to be the real invasion arriving.
- Near the end
In what book does a mechanic build a vest that can turn invisible along with a chameleon?
✓ Answer
Agents of S.U.I.T. by John Patrick Green
Cilantro's biggest problem the whole book is that her camouflage covers her skin but not her uniform. Monocle finally gets the parts she needs and builds gear that vanishes right along with her.
