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ABOUT THE BOOK
NO SPOILERSWayside School was supposed to be built one story tall with thirty classrooms in a row, but the builder made a mistake and put one classroom on each floor, stacking them thirty stories high. Now the students in Mrs. Jewls's class on the thirtieth floor deal with all kinds of strange situations, from a teacher who turns misbehaving kids into apples, to a new student who turns out to be a dead rat in a raincoat, to a boy who can only read when his book is upside down. Each chapter follows a different student and the wonderfully weird problem they face in the world's most unusual school.
Free Battle of the Books questions for Sideways Stories from Wayside School
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 Sideways Stories from Wayside School. 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 teacher wiggle her ears and stick out her tongue to turn students into apples?
✓ Answer
Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar
Mrs. Gorf is the meanest teacher at the school, and she turns children into apples whenever they do something wrong. She wiggles her ears, first her right one and then her left, sticks out her tongue, and the child becomes an apple on her desk.
- First half
In what book does a boy carry an injured dog two miles to the vet and then lose his title?
✓ Answer
Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar
Myron hears a car hit Dana's dog Pugsy and carries the dog two miles to the vet, saving its life. But because he's late to school the next day, Mrs. Jewls takes away his class president title. Nobody ever realizes he was the best president in the school's history.
- First half
In what book does a kiss on the nose free a boy who is stuck to his chair with gum?
✓ Answer
Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar
After ice water, pulling, and threats to cut off his pants all fail, Joy offers to kiss Jason on the nose to get him unstuck. Jason begs Mrs. Jewls not to let her, but Mrs. Jewls says they have nothing to lose. Joy kisses his nose, and Jason falls right out of the chair.
- Second half
In what book does a boy skip up thirty flights of stairs grinning so wide it hurts his ears?
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Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar
D.J. comes to school with an enormous smile and nobody can figure out why. His smile is so big it stretches from ear to ear and actually starts to hurt. Everyone tries to guess why he's so happy, but nobody gets it right.
- Second half
In what book does a yard teacher offer a dollar each for a girl's pigtails?
✓ Answer
Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar
After Leslie refuses to sell her toes, Louis calls after her and offers a dollar each for her pigtails instead. Leslie is outraged at the idea of cutting her hair, even though she was perfectly willing to negotiate about her toes.
- Near the end
In what book do two kids trade names by spinning around a hundred times in opposite directions?
✓ Answer
Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar
Nancy is a boy who hates having a girl's name, and his friend Mac is a girl who hates having a boy's name. They decide to trade names by spinning around a hundred times in opposite directions until they get so dizzy they fall over. When they stand up, the trade is complete.
