The Wednesday Wars March and April

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

• alliteration
• compare contrast
• foreshadowing
• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

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

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

"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

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

Mai Thi was bullied for being Vietnamese.  What comment was made in the cafeteria?

• She poisoned the tuna casserole.
• She ate rats.
• She was in the country illegally.
• She should build her own wall.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What Vietnamese treat does the cook fix for the class?

• fried bananas
• fish tacos
• ice cream with coconut and carmel
• khesanh

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

Why does Mrs. Bigio change her attitude toward Mai Thi?

• Mai Thi gave Mrs. Bigio the recipe for nuoc mau.
• Danny Hupfer explained how she hurt Mai Thi's feelings.
• Mrs. Baker convinced her to change.
• She saw how the other students treated Mai Thi after the rat incident.

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

What did Danny Hupfer get for dumping his tray on the eighth graders bullying Mai Thi?

• a four-day suspension

• a trip to Washington, D.C.

• nothing happened

• a trip to Washington, D.C. and a four-day suspension

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.1

"Holling's sister came through the bus incident completely unscathed." What does unscathed mean in this context?

• upset with her brother

• not injured

• embarrassed

• terrified of buses

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The novel states that Mr. Guareschi "received an administrative reassignment." As far as the reader knows, what does this mean?

• He was no longer the principal and now teaches math.

• He is a principal at a nicer school.

• He was fired.

• He is no longer at Camillo Junior High

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CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.5.6