The Wednesday Wars-October Quiz

Holling felt that Mrs. Baker picked on him, but he did not complain. Why not?

• He didn't complain because his father wanted the Baker Sporting Goods design contract, and he had warned Holling to stay on her good side.
• He didn't complain because his mother and Mrs. Baker were friends.
• He didn't complain because his father would ground him if he got in trouble.
• He didn't complain because he was scared of her and didn't want to get paddled.

Before she gave him his reading assignment, what tasks did Holling have to do on Wednesday afternoons?

• washed chalkboards
• cleaned blackboard erasers
• tidied bookshelves
• all of these

What happened while the trays of cream puffs were beside the classroom window on Wednesday afternoon?

• Chalk from the erasers drifted into the class room and covered the cream puffs.
• Sycorax and Caliban ate them.
• Doug Swieteck's brother stole them.
• Mrs. Baker threw them away.

What do his friends say when they discover Holling was given a cream puff by Mrs. Baker?

• His friends said he had to buy cream puffs for the whole class.
• His friends said that he was teacher's pet.
• His friends said that he eats too much and should go on a diet.
• His friends said that they envied him, but that he deserved it.

How do we know that Holling, Mrs. Baker, and Mr. Vendleri did not like rats?

• They jumped on desks when the rats escaped from the cage. For the rest of the afternoon Mrs. Baker and Holling sat with their feet off the floor as they read.
• They ran out of the room when the rats escaped from the cage. For the rest of the afternoon Mrs. Baker and Holling sat with their feet off the floor as they read.
• They jumped on desks when the rats escaped from the cage. For the rest of the afternoon Mrs. Baker and Holling read in a different classroom.
• They jumped on desks when the rats escaped from the cage and stomped at them with their feet. For the rest of the afternoon Mrs. Baker and Holling sat with their feet off the floor as they read.

How did Holling feel when Mrs. Baker told him they were going to read Shakespeare on Wednesday afternoons?

• He expected to find it boring.
• He expected to find it too difficult.
• He expected to find it challenging.
• He expected to find it interesting.

Were Hollings expectations about reading Shakespeare accurate?

• Yes. He thought it would be boring, and it was.
• No. He thought it would be boring, but he actually enjoyed it.
• Yes. He thought it would be interesting and it was.
• No, he thought it would be challenging, but it was actually really easy to read.

Mrs. Baker asked Holling to do chores in the classroom because she felt there was no point in teaching him something new that he’d have to hear again the following day.

• True

• False

Mrs. Bigio, the cafeteria lady, baked a dozen trays of cream puffs for the Wives of Vietnam Soldiers.

• True

• False

Lieutenant Baker purchased Sycorax and Caliban as gifts for Mrs. Baker to use as classroom pets.

• True

• False