The Wednesday Wars May and June

The principal told the students it behooved them to be prepared for atomic bombs.  What does Mrs. Baker tell the students behoove means?

• becomes necessary

• was against their religion

• was monetarily advantageous

• wait quietly

Why did the phone go dead when Holling was talking to his sister?

• His sister hung up on him.

• The pay phone ran out of money.

• The phone ran out of battery.

• Mr. Hoodhood walked in.

How did Holling get to Port Authority to meet his sister?

• He drove the Mustang.

• Mr. Hoodhood took him.

• Mrs. Hoodhood took him.

• Mr. Kowalski took him. 

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.

Who was president during the time of The Wednesday Wars?

• Johnson

• Kennedy

• Nixon

• Eisenhower

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

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

What statue did Holling and his sister see at the Port Authority?

• William Shakespeare

• Lt Tybalt Baker

• Hamlet

• Governor of New York