The Wednesday Wars (Whole Book)

Who used the number 6 trick from the, "How to get your teacher to hate you" list on Mrs. Sidman?

• Doug Swieteck

• Doug Seieteck's Brother

• Danny Hupfer

• Mai Thi

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Who was the news reporter who Holling's dad always listened to after work?

• Walter Kronkite

• Mr. Goldman

• Mickey Mantle

• Lyndon Johnson

CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY

Why does Holling call the Hoodhood house “perfect”?

• It looks perfect on the outside.

• Mr. Hoodhood has Mrs. Hoodhood keep the inside spotless.

• It was perfectly in the center of town. (Not in the Catholic neighborhood and not in the Jewish neighborhood).

• It was the most expensive house on the block - Mr. Hoodhood was a famous businessman!

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Why does Holling have to spend Wednesdays with Mrs. Baker?

• He is Presbyterian, so he doesn't go to CCD or Hebrew school on Wednesday afternoons like the rest of his class.

• HIs father wanted him to have extra lessons to prepare for a life in the business world.

• Mr. Hoodhood wants him to spy on Mrs. Baker to get info about the upcoming redesign of the Baker Sporting Emporium.

• He is being punished because of his religion.

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Why is Mr. Hoodhood unsympathetic to Holling’s feelings that Mrs. Baker hates him?

• He wants Holling to butter her up so that he gets the architect contract to re-do the Baker Sporting Emporium.

• He is secretly in love with Mrs. Baker.

• He had to put up with Mrs. Baker when he was in school, so he figures it is Holling's turn now.

• Mrs. Hoodhood thought it would be good for Holling to have more discipline.

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At the end of September, what do we find out about Mrs. Baker that has her preoccupied?

• Her husband has to fight in the Vietnam War.

• Her husband is divorcing her.

• She has to work for the Wives of Vietnam Soldiers group.

• She had an argument with Mr. Vendleri.

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How were the cream puffs for the Wives of Vietnam ruined?

• Chalk dust covered them like powdered sugar.

• The rats ate them.

• Holling dropped them.

• Holling didn't have enough money to get them.

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Why was Mr. Hoodhood mad at his daughter in October, when she came downstairs for dinner?

• She had a yellow flower painted on her cheek (she wanted to be a flower child and protest the war.)

• She told him that she would not work for him in his office.

• She didn't like Lima Beans.

• She insulted him by not respecting his Businessman of the Year Award.

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What were Mrs. Baker's rats called?

• Sycorax and Caliban

• Zanthus and Bailus

• Prospero and Shylock

• Tybalt and Romeo

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Mrs. Baker was very obviously scared of the rats. Why did she keep them?

• They were a gift from her husband Tybalt Baker (and she missed him).

• She was a great believer in saving the animals.

• She thought that they would clean the coatroom of all its nasty, moldy food by eating it all.

• She thought they were cute and affectionate.

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