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ABOUT THE BOOK
NO SPOILERSRump is a twelve-year-old boy living on a poor mining mountain in a fairy-tale kingdom where your name determines your destiny. His mother died the moment she was born, and all anyone ever heard of his name was the first syllable, leaving him with only "Rump" and no idea what his full name or destiny might be. When he discovers his mother's old spinning wheel hidden in the woodpile, Rump secretly tries it one night and makes a startling discovery: he can spin ordinary straw into gold. Word of the gold quickly reaches the greedy miller Oswald, then the king himself, and Rump is soon tangled in a web of impossible bargains, dangerous magic, and other people's schemes that he never asked to be part of.
Free Battle of the Books questions for Rump: The (Fairly) True Tale of Rumpelstiltskin
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 Rump: The (Fairly) True Tale of Rumpelstiltskin. 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 pixies wake a sleeping boy by chanting "Gold! Gold! Gold!" in his ear?
✓ Answer
Rump: The (Fairly) True Tale of Rumpelstiltskin by Liesl Shurtliff
On the night the protagonist of Rump discovers his magic, swarming pixies pull him out of bed and chant about gold. They sense the magic in him and lead him toward his mother's spinning wheel.
- First half
In what book does a miller lie to a king and say his daughter can spin straw into gold?
✓ Answer
Rump: The (Fairly) True Tale of Rumpelstiltskin by Liesl Shurtliff
When the king demands answers about the gold in Rump, the miller panics and tells him his daughter has the magical gift. This lie sets the entire fairy tale in motion and puts Opal in deadly danger.
- First half
In what book does a boy follow a path that only appears under a friend's feet?
✓ Answer
Rump: The (Fairly) True Tale of Rumpelstiltskin by Liesl Shurtliff
Red leads the protagonist on a magical hidden path through the woods in Rump. The path is invisible until she walks ahead, which suggests she has special talents of her own.
- Second half
In what book do hungry trolls drink a steaming, greenish-brown brew with worms wriggling inside?
✓ Answer
Rump: The (Fairly) True Tale of Rumpelstiltskin by Liesl Shurtliff
Mard hands the protagonist a cup of sludge after the trolls decide not to eat him. Sludge is the trolls' main food, slimy and full of worms.
- Second half
In what book does a goat named Eloise fill a milking bucket to the brim?
✓ Answer
Rump: The (Fairly) True Tale of Rumpelstiltskin by Liesl Shurtliff
At the witches' cottage, the boy is amazed that a goat is given a proper human name. He decides his old donkey might have been less ornery with a real name.
- Near the end
In what book does a desperate queen ask a boy if his name is Gaspar, Melchior, or Balthasar?
✓ Answer
Rump: The (Fairly) True Tale of Rumpelstiltskin by Liesl Shurtliff
Opal reads names from a long parchment, hoping to guess the boy's true name and keep her baby. He sets her on this hopeless task to keep her quiet.
