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ABOUT THE BOOK
NO SPOILERSTwelve-year-old Sarah Greene is a math-minded, probability-obsessed seventh grader who loves escape rooms with her two best friends, Hannah and West, the trio they call the Deltas. When Sarah discovers that her family is losing their home to foreclosure and her chronically ill father's medical bills have piled up beyond what her overworked mother can handle, she latches onto a local legend: the Triplet Treasure, rumored to be hidden inside an abandoned funhouse built by three German-American orphan brothers in the 1950s. The building has been boarded up for decades, and anyone who has tried to get inside has been arrested, but Sarah convinces the Deltas to sneak in and search for whatever prize the triplets left behind, hoping it will be enough to save her family.
Free Battle of the Books questions for The Mystery of Locked Rooms
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 Mystery of Locked Rooms. 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 triplets build a strange abandoned attraction full of riddles and secret passages?
✓ Answer
The Mystery of Locked Rooms by Lindsay Currie
Hannah tells Sarah about the Stein triplets who built a wild puzzle filled funhouse in the 1950s and supposedly hid a treasure inside. The legend becomes the kids' best hope for saving Sarah's house.
- First half
In what book does a heavy boy swing on a rope with his feet wrapped around it and crash?
✓ Answer
The Mystery of Locked Rooms by Lindsay Currie
West swings across with his eyes shut and feet wrapped around the rope, so he cannot land and slams into Sarah. Hannah teases that he can neither catch nor swing, but at least he has a great memory.
- First half
In what book does a stuffed goat head glow as if it is wearing lipstick?
✓ Answer
The Mystery of Locked Rooms by Lindsay Currie
When Sarah shines the UV light, the mounted goat's mouth glows like lipstick, marking it as a clue. West reluctantly sticks his fingers in the goat's mouth and pulls out a silver key.
- Second half
In what book does confetti burst from the ceiling and get stuck in a boy's hair?
✓ Answer
The Mystery of Locked Rooms by Lindsay Currie
Solving the library puzzle triggers a ceiling trapdoor and a shower of confetti. West ends up speckled with rainbow glitter, and Sarah teases that he looks ready to go back to the circus themed room.
- Second half
In what book does a trapped girl drag a magnet upward using only her nose?
✓ Answer
The Mystery of Locked Rooms by Lindsay Currie
Stuck in the cylinder with her arms pinned, Hannah must nudge a horseshoe shaped magnet up the wall with her nose so the others can reach it. Sarah and West cheer her on while she shakes with fear.
- Near the end
In what book do friends breathe heavily on glass to reveal hidden riddles?
✓ Answer
The Mystery of Locked Rooms by Lindsay Currie
The clue says to use the thing you should not waste, and Hannah accidentally says it when she tells West not to waste his breath. Fogging the mirrors with their breath uncovers secret messages pointing the way forward.
