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ABOUT THE BOOK
NO SPOILERSTwelve-year-old Dan Hatch is looking forward to a lazy Tuesday evening in Grand Island, Nebraska, when a line of severe storms rolls toward the city. His dad has driven out to the farm, his mom steps out to check on elderly neighbor Mrs. Smiley, and Dan is left at home with his best friend Arthur and his baby brother Ryan. When the tornado sirens start and the power cuts out, Dan has to make fast decisions in the dark to get himself, Arthur, and the baby to safety before a massive twister tears through their neighborhood.
Free Battle of the Books questions for Night of the Twisters
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 Night of the Twisters. 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 do two boys plan a swim at Mormon Island after a craft class with Aunt Goldie?
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Night of the Twisters by Ivy Ruckman
Dan and Arthur have big plans for the Tuesday that will change everything. Mormon Island in the Platte River is a Nebraska state park where Grandpa Hatch swears the best swimming exists.
- First half
In what book does a boy hear his father's voice say in his head, "The shower's the safest place"?
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Night of the Twisters by Ivy Ruckman
In the middle of the deafening roar, Dan hears his dad's voice clearly above the noise and crawls into the shower stall with Arthur and Ryan. He never questions where the voice came from.
- First half
In what book does a girl describe her little sister being sucked out a window into a neighbor's bushes?
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Night of the Twisters by Ivy Ruckman
Stacey tells Dan and Arthur that the funnel cloud yanked Ronnie Vae right out of her hands and threw her into the Winegars' bushes, knocking her out. She calls it a pure miracle that Ronnie survived.
- Second half
In what book does an eighty-one-year-old lose only a sweater button squeezing through a basement window?
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Night of the Twisters by Ivy Ruckman
It takes all three kids using the push-pull method to get Mrs. Smiley through the rectangular basement window. She claims to have dropped ten pounds, but really only loses a button and her dignity.
- Second half
In what book does a wounded cop tell a twelve-year-old boy to take the wheel of a patrol car?
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Night of the Twisters by Ivy Ruckman
After taking glass in his eyes, Officer Kelly tells Dan to climb up front and drive the cruiser. Dan brags that his grandpa lets him drive the tractor all the time, so he gets behind the wheel.
- Near the end
In what book do survivors guzzle root beer and Dr Pepper because the city's water supply has been polluted?
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Night of the Twisters by Ivy Ruckman
With no clean water in the pipes, residents of Grand Island survive by drinking whatever soda pop they can get. Dan says he never thought he'd get sick of soda pop, but he does.
