Wednesday Wars

Mrs. Baker ______________ camping.

• hated
• loved
• didn't mind
• had never been

Hiking to the campsite, Holling carried cans of chili and 

• got injured from the weight
• Doug carried marshmallows
• got lost
• the principal carried pots and pans

Why did Mrs. Baker and Holling open the chili cans with a rock?

• Mrs. Sidman forgot to pack it.
• Mrs. Baker broke it.
• It fell out of Holling's backpack.
• Doug Swieteck got mad and threw it in the stream.

Why did the students have blankets and sleeping bags pulled up over their heads?

• It was snowing.
• They didn't want snakes to fall across their face while they were sleeping.
• The night owls would peck on them.
• They were scared from the ghost stories.

The mosquitoes hovered above us and laughed is an example of

• alliteration
• personification
• onomatopoeia 
• dangling participle 

How does Holling feel about having to wash the pots and pans?

• He thought it wasn't fair.

• He considered it an appropriate punishment.

• He didn't mind because Meryl Lee helped.

• He thought Doug should do it.

Holling says, "What I saw was something more beautiful than has ever been written."  What did he see?

• Meryl Lee in the moonlight
• Doug Swieteck covered in mud.
• Mrs. Baker's husband surprise her at the campsite.
• the river at sunrise

Danny's bar mitzvah ceremony was a symbol of 

• passing into manhood
• going to high school
• winning the cross country race
• all of these

Mr. Hoodhood asked Holling, "So who are you, Holling?"  What did Holling answer?

• I don't know yet.  I'll let you know.
• The next Bobby Kennedy.
• An architect in the making
• Not you.

Who met Lt Baker at the airport when he came back from Vietnam?

• Mrs. Baker
• Mrs. Baker and Holling
• Mrs. Baker and the whole class
• Mrs. Baker and the whole school