Wednesday Wars March and April Quiz

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

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Who did Holling's sister admire?

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

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

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

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.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

How were the rats captured?

• exterminator caught them in a trap
• A board member grabs them when the fall in her lap.
• The principal traps them under a trashcan.
• Holling runs after them and holds them by the scruff of the neck.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

What Vietnamese treat does the cook fix for the class?

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

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

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.
• neither of these
• both of these

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Mr. Guareschi "received an administrative reassignment." What does this mean?

• He was no longer the principal and went back to teaching.

• He is a principal at a different school.

• He was fired.

• All the reader knows is he's gone.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4