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ABOUT THE BOOK
NO SPOILERSJohn Midas loves candy more than anything, especially chocolate, and his obsession has his parents and doctor worried. One Sunday afternoon he finds a strange coin with a fat boy on one side and the initials J.M. on the other, follows an unfamiliar street to a candy store he has never seen before, and trades the coin for a large box of chocolates. The box turns out to hold only one tiny piece, but it is the most chocolaty thing John has ever tasted. The next morning, everything he puts in his mouth starts tasting exactly like chocolate, and a very strange day is about to begin.
Free Battle of the Books questions for The Chocolate Touch
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 Chocolate Touch. 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 boy find a strange coin with a picture of a fat boy on one side?
✓ Answer
The Chocolate Touch by Patrick Skene Catling
John finds a silvery gray coin on the sidewalk that is the size of a quarter but doesn't have the usual pictures on it. Instead, one side shows a fat boy and the other side has the letters J.M., which happen to be John's own initials.
- First half
In what book does a bully snatch a glove expecting candy but get a mouthful of disgusting leather?
✓ Answer
The Chocolate Touch by Patrick Skene Catling
Spider Wilson grabs John's remaining glove, thinking he's getting free chocolate. But when Spider bites into it, the leather tastes awful, like it's been used to make mud pies and pat old dogs. John keeps giggling about it all the way to school.
- First half
In what book does a boy make a brown smear on his test paper where he should have written 72?
✓ Answer
The Chocolate Touch by Patrick Skene Catling
John tries to write his final answer on the arithmetic test with his transformed pencil, but the tip is too soft. All he manages to leave on the paper is a chocolate smudge instead of the number 72.
- Second half
In what book does a music teacher's eyes almost pop out of her head during a solo?
✓ Answer
The Chocolate Touch by Patrick Skene Catling
Mrs. Quaver can't believe what she's hearing when John's trumpet solo goes horribly wrong. She's speechless as the notes come out garbled because the instrument has turned to chocolate. Another trumpeter picks up the instrument and announces to everyone that it's made of chocolate.
- Second half
In what book does clear water in a bucket turn into dark-brown syrup during a party game?
✓ Answer
The Chocolate Touch by Patrick Skene Catling
When John's mouth touches the water during the apple-ducking relay at Susan's birthday party, all the water in the bucket transforms into chocolate syrup. Both John and Susan pull their heads up drenched in chocolate, ruining Susan's pink party dress.
- Near the end
In what book does a doctor fill a spoon with oily greenish-yellowish medicine that has reddish lights in it?
✓ Answer
The Chocolate Touch by Patrick Skene Catling
Dr. Cranium is confident his special homemade elixir will fix John's problem. He says it doesn't taste pleasant but will do the trick. Of course, when John takes the spoon, both the medicine and the spoon itself turn to chocolate, and chocolate syrup spurts from his mouth.
