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ABOUT THE BOOK
NO SPOILERSTwelve-year-old Drew is less than thrilled to spend the summer at his great-aunt Blythe's crumbling old family house in rural Missouri while his parents are in France on an archaeological dig. The house is gloomy, his ancient great-grandfather seems to hate him on sight, and Drew is already the kind of kid who sees shadows where there are none. But when he discovers an old photograph in the attic showing a boy who looks exactly like him, and then uncovers a hidden cigar box of antique marbles left behind by a long-dead relative named Andrew, strange things begin to happen that no amount of imagination can explain away.
Free Battle of the Books questions for Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story
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 Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story. 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 an attic floorboard split under a boy, revealing a hidden cigar box of marbles?
✓ Answer
Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story by Mary Downing Hahn
When Drew runs across the attic floor, a rotten board breaks and reveals a hidden cache. Inside the cigar box are a candle, chalk, matches, and the bag of marbles that will become central to the whole story.
- First half
In what book does a big black dog raise his hackles and growl at his master's look-alike?
✓ Answer
Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story by Mary Downing Hahn
Buster, the family dog, bounds up to greet his master and immediately stiffens and bares his teeth. He is the only one in the family who senses that the boy in the porch swing is not really Andrew.
- First half
In what book does a boy ride in a 1910 motorcar for a chocolate sundae at a drugstore soda fountain?
✓ Answer
Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story by Mary Downing Hahn
John Larkin offers to take the family for an outing in his father's Model T. At the soda fountain in Riverview, Drew picks a chocolate sundae from the menu after his brother whispers that it costs the most.
- Second half
In what book does a boy from the future blurt that women will someday vote and wear trousers?
✓ Answer
Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story by Mary Downing Hahn
Sitting on a tree branch with Hannah, Drew accidentally reveals knowledge of the future when he tries to comfort her about John Larkin. Hannah jokes that he sounds like he's been looking in a crystal ball.
- Second half
In what book do brothers watch the Big Dipper pour stars that change to fireflies as they fall?
✓ Answer
Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story by Mary Downing Hahn
On the night before the trestle jump, the boys lie down with their captured fireflies and look up at Orion, the Pleiades, Cassiopeia, and the Big Dipper. The peaceful moment hides the dread of what's coming the next day.
- Near the end
In what book does a bully accidentally tumble off a railroad trestle while lunging at his little cousin?
✓ Answer
Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story by Mary Downing Hahn
Edward loses his balance lunging at Theo on the trestle and plummets into the river. The boy must then decide whether to jump in after his nasty cousin who cannot swim.
