The Wednesday Wars - March

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.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

"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 type of figurative language?

• personification

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• Shakespeare

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which two people do not get scared when Sycorax and Caliban fall from the ceiling? Pick Two

• Mrs. Baker

• Mai Thi

• Mr. Guareschi

• Mrs. Sidman

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What happens to the rats at the end of the chapter?

• They are picked up by an exterminator company

• They are run over by Mr. Hoodhood

• They are run over by a school bus

• They escape back into the school

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

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

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What play does Holling have read in March?

• Marcus Aurelius

• The Ides of March

• Antony and Cleopatra

• Julius Cesar

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

Mrs. Baker alludes to a famous Olympic runner when she is coaching Holling on how to run. Who is the runner?

• Jesse Owens

• Usain Bolt

• Aaron Judge

How does Holling know that Mrs. Baker is proud of him after he recites lines of Shakespeare to the board members?

• She winks at him

• She writes him a note thanking him

• She says "Azalea"

• She brings him an entire dozen of cream puffs

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which of the following events does NOT happen on the Ides of March?

• Cross country tryouts

• Mrs. Baker is observed

• Danny punches an eighth grader

• The rats fall out of the ceiling

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Who does Heather, Holling's sister, say she admires?

• Walter Cronkite

• President Johnson

• Mrs. Hoodhood

• Bobby Kennedy

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1