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NO SPOILERSIt is August 1967, and Mel Vega is back at her family's log cabin on Lake McDonald in Glacier National Park, Montana, with her four-year-old brother, Kevin, and their grandfather, Pops. Mel did not want to come this year. Her mother died in a car crash last December, and Mel secretly believes the accident was her fault. One night, a skinny grizzly follows Mel to the cabin and smashes its paw through the window in the door. A volunteer at the ranger station says the bear, which the rangers call Old Slim, is harmless. But a young scientist named Steve, who studies grizzlies, warns that garbage is making the park's bears dangerous and that someone could get killed. Steve has heard strange rumors about the Granite Park Chalet, a hotel for hikers high in the mountains. So Mel, Steve, and Mom's best friend, Aunt Cassie, set out on an eight-mile hike to find out what is really happening there.
Free Battle of the Books questions for I Survived the Attack of the Grizzlies, 1967
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 I Survived the Attack of the Grizzlies, 1967. 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 grandfather at a campfire recall a wolverine stealing a dead deer from three wolves?
✓ Answer
I Survived the Attack of the Grizzlies, 1967 by Lauren Tarshis
When Kevin guesses that a wolverine might beat a grizzly, Pops walks down from the cabin and shares this memory. He says the wolverine was no bigger than a fox but had no fear at all.
- First half
In what book was a dead bear beside a stream missing three of its four long canine teeth?
✓ Answer
I Survived the Attack of the Grizzlies, 1967 by Lauren Tarshis
Mom could tell the grizzly she and Mel found two summers ago was very old just by looking at its worn, chipped teeth. Mel never forgot that quiet, amazing day beside the bear with Mom.
- First half
In what book does a six-foot woman with round glasses and a yellow-and-pink dress look like a flower?
✓ Answer
I Survived the Attack of the Grizzlies, 1967 by Lauren Tarshis
That is how Mel sees Aunt Cassie, Mom's best friend, when she arrives at the cabin with her green suitcase and her Afro. Mel hasn't seen her since Mom's funeral and feels ashamed, but Cassie greets her with love and not a flicker of anger.
- Second half
In what book does a jagged purple-and-red scar snake down the back of a scientist's right calf?
✓ Answer
I Survived the Attack of the Grizzlies, 1967 by Lauren Tarshis
Walking behind Steve on the trail, Mel notices the biggest, angriest scar she has ever seen. When she finally asks about it at lunch, Steve says it's one of those big, sad stories, and then he tells it.
- Second half
In what book does a girl hold up a magazine from a lobby table to suggest writing an article?
✓ Answer
I Survived the Attack of the Grizzlies, 1967 by Lauren Tarshis
Mel rushes into the chalet lobby to tell Steve and Aunt Cassie that the staff are feeding grizzlies garbage. She realizes that Cassie, a magazine writer, could tell the whole world, and Steve offers to share his research.
- Near the end
In what book does a girl kick off her red flip-flops and sprint for a pine tree?
✓ Answer
I Survived the Attack of the Grizzlies, 1967 by Lauren Tarshis
Facing the grizzly with no pack and no thick boots, just a light T-shirt and shorts, Mel knows she has only seconds to choose between playing dead and climbing. She spots a pine tree in front of a big bush, and before she knows what she is doing, she runs for it.
