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ABOUT THE BOOK
NO SPOILERSFrank Einstein is a kid inventor living with his Grampa Al in a converted factory that doubles as a repair shop and science lab in the town of Midville. Frank dreams of winning the Midville Science Prize to pay off his grandfather's mounting bills, and his latest project is a self-teaching robot he hopes to bring to life using a bolt of lightning. When the experiment crashes and the power goes out, Frank wakes the next morning to discover that two robots have assembled themselves overnight from the junk in his lab: the sharp-witted Klink and the big-hearted, joke-loving Klank. With two self-educating robots at his side, Frank sets his sights on an invention that could change the world, while his scheming rival T. Edison watches from the shadows.
Free Battle of the Books questions for Frank Einstein and the Antimatter Motor
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 Frank Einstein and the Antimatter Motor. 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 a Shop-Vac with a glass dome head shake hands and introduce itself as a self-assembled robot?
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Frank Einstein and the Antimatter Motor by Jon Scieszka
The smaller robot has a Shop-Vac body, wheels, and a glass-dome head. It politely tells Frank it built itself overnight after Frank had laid the groundwork for its neural-net brain.
- First half
In what book does a robot melt a sledgehammer into a puddle of liquid metal in a backyard junk pile?
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Frank Einstein and the Antimatter Motor by Jon Scieszka
Out among Grampa Al's piles of junk, the smaller robot uses his heat laser to liquefy a sledgehammer as a hands-on experiment in changing states of matter from solid to liquid.
- First half
In what book does a chimp sit at video monitors snacking on ants while spying on a kid scientist?
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Frank Einstein and the Antimatter Motor by Jon Scieszka
In the villain's headquarters, the chimp toggles the joystick that zooms in on Frank's lab through the spy drone's camera. He casually licks ants off his stick tool while watching the screens.
- Second half
In what book does a flying bike stop seven centimeters from a friend's left toe after a 360 nosedive?
✓ Answer
Frank Einstein and the Antimatter Motor by Jon Scieszka
On the first test flight, Frank zips through the alley, jumps a broken couch, flips over milk crates, and spins to a halt right next to Watson's toe.
- Second half
In what book does a kid call his metal helpers' names in an empty lab and hear nothing back?
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Frank Einstein and the Antimatter Motor by Jon Scieszka
Frank waits for a sarcastic crack from the smaller robot and a bad joke from the bigger one. When there is no answer to either name, he checks the empty yard and instantly knows something is seriously wrong.
- Near the end
In what book is the villain's secret weapon a giant pink squirt gun mounted next to a particle collider?
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Frank Einstein and the Antimatter Motor by Jon Scieszka
Inside the Cube, the boys discover the world's biggest pink Antimatter Squirt Gun, powered by Frank's stolen invention and pointed at a brick wall as a target.
