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WorksheetsThe Wednesday Wars March
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which reporter did the Hoodhoods watch on the evening news?
a)
Dan Rather
b)
Walter Cronkite
c)
Lee Kowalski
d)
Charles Vendleri
2.
What came down when the bulging ceiling tiles were being replaced?
a)
shredded paper
b)
chewed pencils
c)
part of a black sneaker
d)
all of these
3.
A soothsayer tell Julius Caesar to "Beware the ides of March." What literary device could this be considered?
a)
alliteration
b)
compare contrast
c)
foreshadowing
d)
onomatopoeia
4.
What did the cross country coach call running at the speed of the actual race?
a)
at tempo
b)
race pace
c)
slug speed
d)
none of these
5.
What is the ides of March?
a)
the March wind
b)
March 15
c)
refers to Julius Caesar and soldiers marching home from war
d)
another name for St Patrick's Day
6.
Who did Holling's sister admire?
a)
her parents
b)
Mickey Mantle
c)
Robert Kennedy
d)
Coach Quantrini
7.
Mrs. Baker told Holling, "Look what happened to Julius Caesar when he underestimated those around him." How did Holling underestimate Mrs. Baker?
a)
She ran in the Olympics
b)
Her husband was a war hero
c)
She fearlessly captured the rats
d)
She performed in Shakespeare plays
8.
Holling thought Shakespeare's plays were all about
a)
people stabbing each other
b)
the power of goodness and honesty
c)
the abundance of love and faithfulness
d)
the weakness of armies and battles and guns
9.
Coach Quantrini told the cross country team they needed "The Big M." He meant
a)
motivation
b)
murder
c)
muddy conditions
d)
macaroni. It provides necessary carbohydrates.
10.
"The yellow forsythia branches were weaving themselves together, and the daffodils were playing their trumpets, and the lilacs were...getting all giddy" is an example of which literary device?
a)
personification
b)
alliteration
c)
onomatopoeia
d)
Shakespeare
11.
Mai Thi was bullied for being Vietnamese. What comment was made in the cafeteria?
a)
She poisoned the tuna casserole.
b)
She ate rats.
c)
She was in the country illegally.
d)
She should build her own wall.
12.
How were the rats captured?
a)
exterminator caught them in a trap
b)
A board member grabs them when the fall in her lap.
c)
The principal traps them under a trashcan.
d)
Holling runs after them and holds them by the scruff of the neck.
13.
What Vietnamese treat does the cook fix for the class?
a)
fried bananas
b)
fish tacos
c)
ice cream with coconut and carmel
d)
khesanh
14.
Why does Mrs. Bigio change her attitude toward Mai Thi?
a)
Mai Thi gave Mrs. Bigio the recipe for nuoc mau.
b)
Danny Hupfer explained how she hurt Mai Thi's feelings.
c)
Mrs. Baker convinced her to change.
d)
She saw how the other students treated Mai Thi after the rat incident.
15.
What did Danny Hupfer get for dumping his tray on the eighth graders bullying Mai Thi?
a)
a four-day suspension
b)
a trip to Washington, D.C.
c)
neither of these
d)
both of these
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