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ABOUT THE BOOK
NO SPOILERSMilo Crinkley is an ordinary fifth-grade boy who trips over things, breaks stuff, and gets teased by his older sister Elissa. One day at the library, a book falls off the top shelf and bonks him on the head. It's called Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days!, written by the oddly dressed Dr. K. Pinkerton Silverfish, who wears a clown nose and has mustard dripping down his chin. Even so, the book's promise is hard to resist, and Milo decides to follow Dr. Silverfish's instructions to the letter, which turn out to be a lot stranger than anything he expected.
Free Battle of the Books questions for Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days!
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 Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days!. 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 does an author on a back cover wear baggy zebra-striped pants and a clown nose?
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Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days! by Stephen Manes
The back cover of the perfection book shows its author, Dr. K. Pinkerton Silverfish, wearing a wildly silly outfit. He has on zebra-striped pants, a palm tree shirt, one mitten, a clown nose, and a dented hat with feathers.
- First half
In what book does a sister spray a mouthful of cereal all over the table when she sees her brother?
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Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days! by Stephen Manes
When Milo walks into breakfast wearing a broccoli necklace, his sister Elissa laughs so hard she sprays a mouthful of Oat Whammies cereal all over the table. Their parents are too busy staring at Milo to even scold her.
- First half
In what book does a boy cut his rutabaga into tiny bite-sized pieces so he can chew with absolute perfection?
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Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days! by Stephen Manes
At dinner, Milo takes his perfection training seriously all the way down to how he eats. He carefully cuts his rutabaga into tiny pieces and chews them with what he considers absolute perfection, smiling his most perfect smile the whole time.
- Second half
In what book does a starving boy fix himself sardine, peanut butter, and bologna sandwiches all at once?
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Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days! by Stephen Manes
After his twenty-four-hour fast, Milo goes to the kitchen and makes himself an enormous meal of three different sandwiches, four kinds of fruit, butter crumb cake, oatmeal raisin cookies, cherry vanilla ice cream with chocolate fudge sauce, and strawberry-rhubarb pie.
- Second half
In what book does a father bring his son a jar of weak tea and a "Do Not Disturb" sign?
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Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days! by Stephen Manes
Mr. Crinkley has already skimmed nearly the whole book in Milo's room, so he knows what Day Three requires. He supports Milo by bringing a big jar of weak tea and making a sign for the door so the rest of the family will leave Milo alone.
- Near the end
In what book does a classmate show up weeks later wearing a vegetable around her neck?
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Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days! by Stephen Manes
A few weeks after Milo finishes the program, one of his classmates comes to school wearing a stalk of broccoli on a string around her neck. She has clearly found the same library book and started Day One. Milo says nothing and just enjoys his garlic-and-stinky-cheese sandwich.
