The Wednesday Wars, December

Who said this: “Every boy should be so lucky as you, to play in a Shakespeare Company’s Holiday Extravaganza, and with such a part!”

• Holling

• Mr. Goldman

• Meryl Lee

• Mrs. Baker

Who said this: “No one from Camillo Junior High will be there. And even if they were, everyone will think it’s cute.”

• Holling's sister

• Danny

• Mrs. Bigio

• Holling's mother

Which character does Holling play in the Long Island’s Shakespeare Company’s Holiday Extravaganza?

• Miranda

• Prospero

• Caliban

• Ariel

Who said this: “What’s a batting average?

• Danny

• Holling

• Meryl Lee

• Mrs. Bigio

Who said this: “I never went to seventh grade. Where I come from, no boy went to seventh grade. We were all working in fields, digging and hoeing and digging and hoeing.”

• Holling's mother

• Mr. Goldman

• Mr. Hoodhood

• Mrs. Baker

At the end of “December”, a famous event happens that makes the holidays happier. Which event is it?

• The Saturn V takes off.

• Johnson declares a Christmas ceasefire.

• The Vietnam War ends

• Mickey Mantle comes to Long Island.

Who said this: “Take it and eat it. You’re not supposed to examine it.”

• Mrs. Bigio

• Mrs. Baker

• Mr. Goldman

• Meryl Lee

Who said this: "Why so sneaky? Are you playing a girl's part?"

• Danny

• Holling

• Meryl Lee

• Holling's sister

Who said this: "Suspicion is an unbecoming passion. Ariel is a warrior."

• Doug

• Mr. Goldman

• Holling

• Mrs. Baker

Holling races to the Baker Sports Emporium to meet Mickey Mantle, but the sports hero won't sign a baseball for him. Why won't he autograph the ball?

• Because Holling is too late.

• Because Holling is wearing bright yellow tights and a cape.

• Because Mrs Baker tells him not to.

• Because Danny annoys him.