Wednesday Wars October

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.

Why was Mr. Hoodhood mad at his daughter in October (when she came downstairs for dinner)?

• She had a yellow flower painted on her cheek (she wanted to be a flower child and protest the war).

• She told him that she would not work for him in the office

• She didn't like Lima Beans

• She insulted him by not respecting his Businessman of the Year Award

Why does Mr. Hoodhood REALLY object to his daughter's being a "flower child?"

• He wants to be the 1967 Chamber of Commerce Businessman of the Year and he thinks they won't give it to someone whose family is not "perfect."

• He supports the war and wants the US to win.

• He wants both of his children to join his business someday, and he thinks that if she becomes a flower child she will not want to.

• He hates flowers.

According to Holling's sister, what does Holling's father think he is "supposed to be"?

• the Son Who Is Going to Inherit Hoodhood and Associates

• Ariel in the play, "The Tempest"

• A doctor or a lawyer

• a flower child

After the cream puff problem, Mrs. Baker doesn't think it is such a good idea to have Holling banging erasers anymore - what does she decide to have him do on Wednesdays?

• Read Shakespeare

• Take another math class

• He can leave early

• Art class

Holling says that Mrs. Baker's nefarious plan to bore him to death by reading The Merchant of Venice failed. Why?

• He actually liked it.

• He didn't read it.

• He had already read it.

• His father told him he didn't have to read it.

When Mrs. Baker and Holling are talking about the character Shylock, Holling says that Shylock couldn't be "who he was supposed to be" because other people decided he had to be a "certain way" and that Shylock was "trapped." Who ELSE in the story has already had his life planned out for him?

• Holling (he is supposed to be an architect)

• Doug Swietek (he is going to be a trouble maker)

• Mr. Vandeleri (he has to be a math teacher)

• Danny Hupfer (he has to be a baseball player)

What is the main reason Mrs. Baker assigns Holling to read Shakespeare on Wednesdays?

• To improve his reading skills

• To keep him occupied while others attend religious classes

• To prepare him for a school play

• To punish him for misbehavior

In 'The Wednesday Wars', what does Holling learn from reading 'The Merchant of Venice'?

• The importance of friendship

• The value of money

• The complexity of human nature

• The significance of family

Why does Holling's father insist on him behaving perfectly at school?

• To ensure he gets good grades

• To maintain the family's reputation

• To prepare him for college

• To avoid detention