The Wednesday Wars March

Which reporter did the Hoodhoods watch on the evening news?

• Dan Rather
• Walter Cronkite
• Lee Kowalski
• Charles Vendleri

What came down when the bulging ceiling tiles were being replaced?

• shredded paper
• chewed pencils
• part of a black sneaker
• all of these

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

A soothsayer tell Julius Caesar to "Beware the ides of March."  What literary device could this be considered?

• alliteration
• compare contrast
• foreshadowing
• onomatopoeia

What did the cross country coach call running at the speed of the actual race?

• at tempo
• race pace
• slug speed
• none of these

What is the ides of March?

• the March wind
• March 15
• refers to Julius Caesar and soldiers marching home from war
• another name for St Patrick's Day

Who did Holling's sister admire?

• her parents
• Mickey Mantle
• Robert Kennedy
• Coach Quantrini

Mrs. Baker told Holling, "Look what happened to Julius Caesar when he underestimated those around him."  How did Holling underestimate Mrs. Baker?

• She ran in the Olympics
• Her husband was a war hero
• She fearlessly captured the rats 
• She performed in Shakespeare plays

Holling thought Shakespeare's plays were all about

• people stabbing each other
• the power of goodness and honesty
• the abundance of love and faithfulness
• the weakness of armies and battles and guns

Coach Quantrini told the cross country team they needed "The Big M."  He meant

• motivation
• murder
• muddy conditions
• macaroni.  It provides necessary carbohydrates.

"The yellow forsythia branches were weaving themselves together, and the daffodils were playing their trumpets, and the lilacs were...getting all giddy" is an example of which literary device?

• personification
• alliteration
• onomatopoeia
• Shakespeare

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4