Professor Wobblebottom's Invention — Questions and answers

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What did Professor Armitage Wobblebottom want his potion to make broccoli taste like?

Choices

  1. strawberries
  2. carrots
  3. chocolate ✓
  4. cheese

Answer: chocolate

From page 1

What did the potion create when it erupted in Professor Wobblebottom's laboratory?

Choices

  1. a peculiar, glowing seed ✓
  2. a new type of broccoli
  3. a talking animal
  4. a giant bubble

Answer: a peculiar, glowing seed

From page 2

Who did Professor Wobblebottom quote when he said, 'Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence,' about researching the seed privately?

Choices

  1. Nelson Mandela
  2. an ancient text
  3. Imani's mother
  4. Leonardo da Vinci ✓

Answer: Leonardo da Vinci

From page 3

What grew from the seed after Imani watered the pot and the ground began to tremble in Professor Wobblebottom's Invention?

Choices

  1. a small tree
  2. a new type of vegetable
  3. a vine shimmering with iridescent colours ✓
  4. a giant flower

Answer: a vine shimmering with iridescent colours

From page 4

What happened to Imani after she inhaled pollen from the thorn-covered blossom in Professor Wobblebottom's Invention?

Choices

  1. She began to float in the air.
  2. She started speaking a different language.
  3. She started seeing everything in a cartoonish fashion. ✓
  4. She turned invisible.

Answer: She started seeing everything in a cartoonish fashion.

From page 5

What did Professor Wobblebottom say was needed to counteract the pollen affecting Imani's senses?

Choices

  1. a concentrated blast of pure sound ✓
  2. a special type of water
  3. a magical song
  4. a strong wind

Answer: a concentrated blast of pure sound

From page 6

What did Imani's mother's words, 'One idea can change the world if used right!', echo in Imani's mind as she helped with the Whimsical Wavelength Wonder?

Choices

  1. A line from an ancient text
  2. A song she knew
  3. Professor Wobblebottom's advice
  4. Her mother's words ✓

Answer: Her mother's words

From page 7

What happened to the thorn-covered blossom when the Whimsical Wavelength Wonder struck it?

Choices

  1. It turned into a different color.
  2. It started to sing.
  3. The vine shuddered and the pollen cloud dissipated. ✓
  4. It grew even larger.

Answer: The vine shuddered and the pollen cloud dissipated.

From page 8

Who did Professor Wobblebottom quote when he said, 'The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall!'?

Choices

  1. Leonardo da Vinci
  2. Nelson Mandela ✓
  3. himself
  4. Imani's mother

Answer: Nelson Mandela

From page 9

In Professor Wobblebottom's Invention, what did Imani say they could always find to discover, even if broccoli never tastes like chocolate?

Choices

  1. something new ✓
  2. more ancient texts
  3. a different type of food
  4. another magical seed

Answer: something new

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