The Wednesday Wars

Who used the number 6 trick from the "How to Get Your Teacher to Hate You" list on Mrs. Sidman?

• Doug Swietek

• Danny Hupfer

• Doug Swietek's brother

• Mai Thi

Who was the news reporter that Holling's dad listened to every night after work?

• Walter Cronkite

• Mr. Goldman

• Mickey Mantle

• Lyndon Johnson

CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY:

Why does Holling call the Hoodhood house the Perfect House?

• It looks perfect on the outside

• Mr. Hoodhood has Mrs. Hoodhood keep the inside spotless

• It was perfectly in the center of town (right between the Catholic neighborhood and the Jewish neighborhood)

• It was the most expensive house on the block. Mr. Hoodhood was a famous businessman.

Why does Holling have to spend Wednesdays with Mrs. Baker?

• He is Presbyterian, so he doesn't do to CCD or Hebrew school on Wednesday afternoons like the rest of his class.

• His father wanted him to have extra lessons to prepare for a life in the business world.

• Mr, Hoodhood wants him to spu on Mrs. Baker to get info about the upcoming redesign of the Baker Sporting Emporium

• He is being punished because of his list of How to Get Teachers to Hate You

Why is Mr. Hoodhood unsympathetic to Holling's concerns about Mrs. Baker hating him?

• He wants Holling to butter her up so that he gets the architect contract to re-do the Baker Sporting emporium

• He is secretly in love with Mrs. Baker

• He had to put up with Mrs. Baker when HE was in school, so he figures it is Holling's turn now.

• Mrs. Hoodhood thought that it would be good fro Holling to have more discipline.

At the end of the September chapter, what do we learn about Mrs. Baker that has her preoccupied?

• Her husband has to fight in the Vietnam War.

• Her husband is divorcing her

• She has to work for the Wives of the Vietnam Soldiers group.

• She had an argument with Mr. Vendleri.

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. 

Why did the teachers think it was time to have all of their chalk erasers cleaned?

• Holling offered because he enjoyed cleaning them.
• The incident with Doug Swieteck's brother
• The principal said so
• A student was allergic to chalk dust.

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

How were the cream puffs for the Wives of Vietnam meeting ruined?

• Chalk dust covered them like powdered sugar

• The rats ate them

• Holling dropped them

• Holling didn't have enough money to get them