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ABOUT THE BOOK
NO SPOILERSRamona Quimby is eight years old and starting third grade at a new school, which means riding the bus on her own and proving herself without her older sister Beezus around. Her family is stretched thin: her father has gone back to college to become an art teacher, her mother works full-time at a doctor's office, and Ramona is counted on to get along with a pesky four-year-old named Willa Jean every day after school. She wants to do her part, but third grade turns out to be full of embarrassing moments, an annoying classmate she secretly likes, and a teacher whose opinion of her she just cannot figure out.
Free Battle of the Books questions for Ramona Quimby, Age 8
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 Ramona Quimby, Age 8. 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 girl have to spend afternoons playing with a bossy four-year-old at her friend Howie's house?
✓ Answer
Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary
After school each day, Ramona has to go to Howie Kemp's house, where his grandmother is paid to look after her. The hard part is putting up with Willa Jean, Howie's little sister.
- First half
In what book does a science class study fruit-fly larvae in jars of blue oatmeal?
✓ Answer
Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary
Mrs. Whaley hands each student a glass jar of wet blue oatmeal containing tiny white larvae. Yard Ape correctly guesses the oatmeal is dyed blue so the larvae are easy to spot.
- First half
In what book does a girl whack an egg on her head at lunch and discover it is raw?
✓ Answer
Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary
Ramona is a whacker, not a rapper, and she waits until everyone is watching, only to crack a raw egg against her skull at the cafeteria table. Yolk and slimy white run down her face and into her hair while everyone gasps and then giggles.
- Second half
In what book do two sisters cook a secret dinner using Cream of Wheat in place of cornmeal?
✓ Answer
Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary
When the third-grade cook runs short of cornmeal, she grabs a package of Cream of Wheat because the grains look about the same size. The spilled grit crunches under their feet for the rest of the evening.
- Second half
In what book does a school secretary hold a Kleenex to a sick girl's nose and gently tell her, "Blow"?
✓ Answer
Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary
When the third-grader is led into the office in tears after throwing up in class, Mrs. Larson springs from her typewriter with a tissue. Her calm matter-of-fact way of helping makes the patient feel a little less like a horrible runny-nosed nuisance.
- Near the end
In what book does a family eat dinner at a restaurant called the Whopperburger on a rainy Sunday?
✓ Answer
Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary
After a miserable day of arguing, the father announces a hamburger dinner out. The crowded restaurant and the simple meal turn out to be exactly the change the worried family needs.
