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ABOUT THE BOOK
NO SPOILERSChristopher Mouse is a white mouse born in a wire cage who, from his earliest days, knows that his fate depends entirely on whoever owns him. His mother prepares him and his siblings for the world by teaching them to read newspapers and telling them the hard truth: when Mrs. Crimmins comes with her cardboard box, the young mice will be sold and never come back. Christopher and his beloved sister Anna hope to stay together, but the pet shop where they land quickly separates them, and Christopher is left to face a string of very different owners, some kind and some not, as he travels across New York City.
Free Battle of the Books questions for Christopher Mouse: The Tale of a Small Traveler
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 Christopher Mouse: The Tale of a Small Traveler. 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 are three brothers carried off in a shoe box punctured with airholes?
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Christopher Mouse: The Tale of a Small Traveler by William Wise
Mrs. Crimmins takes the three brothers first, leaving Christopher and Anna behind. The next day the children learn from her grumbling that the brothers were sold to a medical laboratory after all.
- First half
In what book does a kind boy carefully test which kind of cheese a tiny pet likes best?
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Christopher Mouse: The Tale of a Small Traveler by William Wise
Freddy Willis brings home library books on pet care and runs experiments to figure out which cheese Christopher prefers. He learns Christopher loves Liederkranz, Camembert, and especially a soft, runny French Brie.
- First half
In what book does a furious poem begin, "I hate you, Aubrey Sharpe the Third!"?
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Christopher Mouse: The Tale of a Small Traveler by William Wise
Christopher pours all his anger into a midnight poem he names "Ode to Aubrey," calling his owner a scoundrel through and through. He thinks even the picky parrot and hamster from the pet shop might have approved.
- Second half
In what book does a kid brag about stuffing a dead owl with his new taxidermy set?
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Christopher Mouse: The Tale of a Small Traveler by William Wise
The Youthful Taxidermist explains his hobby in the school locker room. He wants to add a new specimen to the stuffed owl already perched on top of his bookcase at home.
- Second half
In what book does a teacher named Mr. Bloodworth take students to the Metropolitan Museum of Art?
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Christopher Mouse: The Tale of a Small Traveler by William Wise
Mr. Bloodworth leads the class field trip on a school bus. The destination is the Metropolitan, where a lecture about the Pyramid of Cheops is followed by a visit to the Egyptian Wing.
- Near the end
In what book does a runaway get trapped in a slippery porcelain washbowl and almost give up hope?
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Christopher Mouse: The Tale of a Small Traveler by William Wise
After drinking his fill, the runaway slides helplessly down the smooth porcelain. He wonders if he's destined for the same fate as Great-Uncle Julius, who was found stuck in a jar of jelly.
