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ABOUT THE BOOK
NO SPOILERSWhen Brother Edik, a monk with a wandering eye, finds a young girl collapsed in the barn beside a ferocious goat named Answelica, he nurses her back to health and discovers something extraordinary: the girl, who knows only that her name is Beatryce, can read and write in a world where teaching girls to do either is against the law. Dressed in a monk's robe with her hair cut short to protect her identity, Beatryce is sent out into a war-torn kingdom with a quick-footed boy named Jack Dory, while a king and his scheming counselor hunt her down, driven by an ancient prophecy that a girl child will one day unseat a king and bring about a great change.
Free Battle of the Books questions for The Beatryce Prophecy
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 The Beatryce Prophecy. 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 goat have teeth described as the mirror of her soul?
✓ Answer
The Beatryce Prophecy by Kate DiCamillo
The very first line introduces Answelica as a goat whose teeth are large, sharp, and uncompromising, just like her soul. This opening tells you right away what kind of creature she is in The Beatryce Prophecy.
- First half
In what book is a fast-running boy prized because no one in the village owns a horse?
✓ Answer
The Beatryce Prophecy by Kate DiCamillo
Jack Dory is fleet of foot, so the villagers send him to carry messages and parcels. In The Beatryce Prophecy, only the king and his men have horses, which makes a fast boy valuable.
- First half
In what book does a guilty soldier say, "I wish I were a turnip"?
✓ Answer
The Beatryce Prophecy by Kate DiCamillo
Crushed by guilt as he is carried up the stairs, the soldier says, "I wish I were a turnip," because turnips have no souls to account for. It is a darkly funny line in The Beatryce Prophecy.
- Second half
In what book does a girl recognize the letter E carved into the hilt of a soldier's sword?
✓ Answer
The Beatryce Prophecy by Kate DiCamillo
Jack Dory cannot read the mark on the sword, but Beatryce sees it is the letter E. Cannoc reveals the sword bears the mark of the king he once was, handed down soldier to soldier.
- Second half
In what book does a man laugh at a robber with a knife clenched in his teeth?
✓ Answer
The Beatryce Prophecy by Kate DiCamillo
Lost in the woods, Brother Edik meets the black-bearded robber and believes he will die. For the first time in his life he feels no fear, so he laughs, and kneeling he sees Beatryce and the goat and everything he loves outlined in gold.
- Near the end
In what book does a mermaid named Rosellyn have a tail encrusted with sapphires, pearls, rubies, and diamonds?
✓ Answer
The Beatryce Prophecy by Kate DiCamillo
The mermaid in Beatryce's story, Rosellyn, has a jeweled tail that shines so brightly she seems to set everything on fire. The story echoes the jeweled mermaid brush Brother Edik described.
