The Wild Robot

Every 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 Wild Robot. Use them as a quiz, a trivia round, or BOTB practice.

1. 1

   Early in the book

   In what book do playful otters accidentally switch on a machine that introduces itself with a unit number?

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   The Wild Robot by Peter Brown

   While the otters tear at the packing foam, one slaps the button on the back of Roz's head. Still in her crate, she starts talking automatically, saying "Hello, I am ROZZUM unit 7134, but you may call me Roz," and explains that once fully activated she can move, communicate, learn, and complete any task.

2. 2

   First half

   In what book does a beaver help build a dome shaped home called the Nest beside a pond?

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   The Wild Robot by Peter Brown

   Mr. Beaver agrees to help Roz build a home in exchange for freshly cut trees. The resulting lodge resembles a beaver lodge but is larger, with a fire pit in the center, and is named the Nest because Brightbill is a bird.

3. 3

   First half

   In what book does the main character teach her son to fly by angling his wings into the wind?

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   The Wild Robot by Peter Brown

   Up on the western ridge, Roz coaches her son by pointing out a soaring seagull's small wing adjustments. Brightbill keeps hopping onto a rock and tipping into the grass until at last he really soars and squeaks that he is a natural.

4. 4

   Second half

   In what book does an owl named Swooper declare that owls are meant to hunt?

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   The Wild Robot by Peter Brown

   Swooper lectures the lodgers around the fire about how everything has a purpose. The conversation leads the animals to ask the heroine what she is meant to do, and she answers that perhaps she is simply meant to help others.

5. 5

   Second half

   In what book does the heroine carry an angry fish through the forest in a wooden barrel?

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   The Wild Robot by Peter Brown

   To return Rockmouth to the river, the heroine needs a container she can fill with water. The beavers carve a barrel, and she walks the pike across the meadow to the nearest bend in the river.

6. 6

   Near the end

   In what book does a bull moose named Broadfoot kick a metal hunter's head until it breaks off?

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   The Wild Robot by Peter Brown

   After birds blind RECO 3 with droppings, Broadfoot stands in his path and kicks with powerful hind legs. He pounds the hunter's head until it breaks loose and squelches into the muck.