The Wednesday Wars - Final Test

Who said (more than once): "What did you do?"

• Holling

• Holling's dad

• Mrs. Baker

• Mr. Guareschi

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CCSS.RL.6.1

Why did Mrs. Baker hate Holling?

• because Holling was the only one who didn't have somewhere to go on Wednesday afternoons

• because Holling asked her what she had to worry about

• because Holling ruined the cream puffs

• She didn't hate him.

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.W.6.9A

Holling "took out" this guy during recess in September, sending him to the hospital.

• Doug Swieteck

• Doug Swieteck's brother

• Danny Hupfer

• Mickey Mantle

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.3

What was the first tactic Mrs. Baker used to get her Wednesday afternoons kid-free?

• She made Holling clean erasers.

• She made Holling clean the chalkboards.

• She tried to get Holling to re-take 6th grade math.

• She had Holling read several plays by William Shakespeare.

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.W.6.9A

According to Holling, Mrs. Baker assigned him to read The Merchant of Venice to bore him to death. Why didn't it work?

• Holling liked the play.

• Holling refused to read the play.

• Holling accidentally let the rats escape to distract Mrs. Baker.

• Holling only pretended to read the play.

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.W.6.9A

What figure of speech is being used in this line:

"Doug Swieteck's brother... could cuss the yellow off a school bus."

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

What made being in a Shakespearean play a problem for Holling?

• He had to wear yellow tights.

• Mrs. Baker announced it to the class so everybody knew.

• It was on the same night as the Mickey Mantle visit.

• All of these.

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.3

Which of these is not true about the night of the play?

• Mickey Mantle was a jerk.

• The bus driver gave Holling a baseball.

• Holling's mom and dad were sitting in the front row.

• Danny Hupfer did a noble thing.

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CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.5

CCSS.W.6.9A

Why did two New York Yankees come to Camillo Jr. High and play catch with Holling, Danny, and Doug?

• Mrs. Baker arranged it because of what happened with Mickey Mantle.

• They were at the Mickey Mantle ball-signing event and felt bad for Holling.

• They were good friends with Mrs. Baker's husband.

• They had gone to Camillo Jr. High when they were kids.

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CCSS.RL.6.1

Identify the figurative language in this sentence: "There was a little pause while the whole world sucked in its breath."

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• alliteration

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4