The Wednesday Wars

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

• 6th 
• 7th 
• 8th 
• 9th 

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

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Whom does Holling trip on the playground in September?

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

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Holling was threatened with death if he didn't... 

• set a trap for the rats
• climb the playground fence to retrieve a baseball
• provide cream puffs for the entire class
• bring a pot of hot apple cider to the party

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Holling got a good deal on the cream puffs after he...

• recited lines of Shakespeare for Mr. Goldman
• talked about Walter Cronkite with Mr.Goldman
• caught the rats that were loose in Goldman's Best Bakery
• sketched a design for a new bakery for Mr.Goldman

What happened after Mickey Mantle wouldn't sign a baseball for Holling? 

• Holling let out a string of Caliban's curses.
• Mrs. Baker gave Holling a baseball signed by Babe Ruth.
• Doug Swieteck exchanged his Yankees shirt for a Mets shirt.
• Danny Hupfer gave back his autographed ball.

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Why did Mai Thi go to Catechism when she wasn't Catholic? 

• She felt she owed the Catholic Relief Agency.
• Her best friend went.
• Her parents made her because they wanted to become Catholic.
• The Jewish center would not let Mai Thi attend Tabernacle. 

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Why didn't Holling complain about helping Mrs. Baker on Wednesday?

• He'd rather clean than repeat sixth grade math.
• Mrs. Baker would only make him do more work.
• Doug Swieteck would beat him up after school.
• Mr. Hoodhood was depending on Holling's good behavior to get a business deal.

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Who were the pastries for that Mrs. Baker sent Holling to get?

• the class
• Wives of Vietnam Soldiers
• Soldiers in Vietnam
• Holling's father to influence him in the business deal

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