The Wednesday Wars Study Guide

What grade is Holling entering at the beginning of the novel?

• 6th 
• 7th 
• 8th 
• 9th 

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

CCSS.RL.6.3

What is the name of Holling's father's architectural firm?

• Hoodhood and Company
• Kowalski and Associates
• Hoodhood and Associates 
• Hoodhood and son

What are the names of the two rats that Holling accidentally sets loose?

• Caesar and Caliban
• Sycorax and Caliban
• Ariel and Caliban 
• Sycorax and Shylock

Whom does Holling trip on the playground in September?

• Doug Swieteck
• Jim Hawkins
• Doug Swieteck's brother
• Danny Hupfer

What character does Holling play in "The Tempest"?

• Caliban 
• Prospero 
• Sycorax
• Ariel

To which Shakespeare play does Holling take Meryl Lee on Valentine's Day?

• Julius Caesar 
• Hamlet
• Romeo and Juliet 
• The Merchant of Venice 

Why did Holling's sister leave for California?

• She failed out of high school 
• Her father wouldn't let her go to college
• She found a job there 
• She was getting married to Chit

What was the final play that Mrs. Baker assigned to Holling?

• Hamlet
• Romeo and Juliet 
• Much Ado about Nothing
• Merchant of Venice 

What was Mai Thi's happy ending?

• She fell in love with Danny 
• She moved back to Vietnam 
• She was reunited with her parents
• She went to live with Mrs. Bigio

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.1

What happened after Holling joined the playground soccer game? 

• He kicked a ball right into Meryl Lee's face. 
• He tripped and pushed Mrs. Sidman face first into the goal net. 
• He took out Doug Swieteck's brother without meaning to.
• He accidentally scored a goal for the opposing team. 

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.W.5.9A