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WorksheetsThe Wednesday Wars (Whole Book)
Total questions: 97
Worksheet time: 46mins
Who used the number 6 trick from the, "How to get your teacher to hate you" list on Mrs. Sidman?
Doug Swieteck
Doug Seieteck's Brother
Danny Hupfer
Mai Thi
Who was the news reporter who Holling's dad always listened to after work?
Walter Kronkite
Mr. Goldman
Mickey Mantle
Lyndon Johnson
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Why does Holling call the Hoodhood house “perfect”?
It looks perfect on the outside.
Mr. Hoodhood has Mrs. Hoodhood keep the inside spotless.
It was perfectly in the center of town. (Not in the Catholic neighborhood and not in 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 go 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 spy on Mrs. Baker to get info about the upcoming redesign of the Baker Sporting Emporium.
He is being punished because of his religion.
Why is Mr. Hoodhood unsympathetic to Holling’s feelings that Mrs. Baker hates 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 it would be good for Holling to have more discipline.
At the end of September, what do we find out 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 Vietnam Soldiers group.
She had an argument with Mr. Vendleri.
How were the cream puffs for the Wives of Vietnam ruined?
Chalk dust covered them like powdered sugar.
The rats ate them.
Holling dropped them.
Holling didn't have enough money to get them.
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 his office.
She didn't like Lima Beans.
She insulted him by not respecting his Businessman of the Year Award.
What were Mrs. Baker's rats called?
Sycorax and Caliban
Zanthus and Bailus
Prospero and Shylock
Tybalt and Romeo
Mrs. Baker was very obviously scared of the rats. Why did she keep them?
They were a gift from her husband Tybalt Baker (and she missed him).
She was a great believer in saving the animals.
She thought that they would clean the coatroom of all its nasty, moldy food by eating it all.
She thought they were cute and affectionate.
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 good boy.
A doctor or a lawyer.
What was Mr. Hoodhood most worried about in October?
Getting the job to renovate the Baker Sporting Emporium.
About Hoodhood's well being.
That Holling's sister would run away.
That his precious car might get scratched.
According to Holling, "Mrs. Baker's nefarious plan failed." What did he think her plan was? (There is only 1 perfect answer).
To bore him to death with Shakespeare.
To make sure his father wouldn't get the Sporting Emporium job.
To put Holling back into the 6th grade.
To have him beat up on the playground?
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Why does Holling's sister want to be a flower child so badly?
Because a flower child is beautiful and doesn't do harm to anyone.
Fifty thousand people protested the war at the Pentagon. She thinks it was great.
To support something bigger than herself.
To let her father know that she doesn't like being told who she is and who she is going to be.
She digs their groovy clothes.
What character in Shakespeare's "The Tempest," was Holling quoting curses from?
Caliban
Prospero
Shylock
Danny Hupfer
Why is Holling surprised that Mrs. Baker would let him read "The Tempest?"
Because of all the curses and the violence.
Because it was a very difficult story.
Because he would have to read it again in high school.
Because it doesn't have any pictures in it.
Why did Meryl Lee step on Holling's foot in Chorus class?
Miss Violet embarrassed her by saying that she was flirting with Holling.
Holling called her a "pied ninny."
Because he kept messing up the song.
Because he hadn't yet brought in the cream puffs.
When Holling comes home, he sees his father joyfully dancing his mother around the living room. Why was he so happy?
Hoodhood and Associates beat out Kowalski and Associates for the Baker Sporting Emporium account.
He had defeated Holling's sister's wish to become a flower child.
Mrs. Hoodhood had cooked Lima Beans.
Walter Cronkite was about to come on.
Holling didn't have enough money to buy the cream puffs from Goldman's Best Bakery, but he got them anyway. How?
He agreed to play Ariel in the Long Island Shakespeare Company's Holiday Extravaganza.
He agreed to wash dishes and clean up for Mr. Goldman.
He lied and told Mr. Goldman that they were for the Wives of Vietnam Soldiers group.
He stole them.
What happened to the cream puffs that Holling bought with his promise to play Ariel?
They were eaten by Sycorax and Caliban.
They got chalk dust all over them.
Mrs. Baker took them away.
Mrs. Baker ate them.
Who saved Holling from the class's anger over the cream puffs.
Mrs. Baker - she replaced the ruined cream puffs and gave Holling the credit for it.
Mrs. Bigio - she baked some more.
Mr. Goldman - he was so happy that Holling was playing Ariel that he gave him another box.
Mr. Hoodhood - he gave Holling an advance on his allowance.
What happened to Mrs. Bigio's husband?
He was missing in action - when they found him he was dead.
He got an award from the Armny.
He was drafted into the Army and just found out he had to ship out.
He ran into Mr. Baker in Vietnam.
Why was the Catholic Relief Agency where Mai Thi lives vandalized with the words, "Go home Viet Cong?"
People were angry at the Vietnamese people and took it out on Mai Thi even though she is just a little girl.
They had the wrong house.
The war was over and they wanted them to know it was okay to leave.
They were forced to by the Army.
Holling is not in the holiday spirit because he has to play Ariel. Why is he upset about this?
Ariel is a fairy and the costume is yellow tights with feathers on the rear end.
The lines are too hard for him to learn.
He thinks that if he makes a mistake his dad will be mad at him.
If he makes a mistake Mr. Goldman will make him pay for the cream puffs.
What is most likely the reason Mrs. Baker doesn't decorate for the holidays like every other teacher in the school?
She is sad because she has to spend Christmas without her husband.
She hates the holidays because they are too commercial.
She is a grinch.
She thinks that decorations are distracting to students.
Even though Holling has many reasons to be upset this season, there is one thing that he is SO EXCITED FOR, what?
Mickey Mantle is coming to the Baker Sporting Emporium to sign baseballs.
He doesn't have to read Shakespeare anymore.
He has decided that playing a fairy in a play will earn him Meryl Lee's love.
His friends all think that he is awesome for getting them cream puffs.
Why is Holling worried about missing Mickey Mantle's visit?
The play is the same night and the end of the play is VERY close to the end of Mantle's time at the Emporium.
He doesn't know if he will have a baseball for Mantle to sign.
He thinks that his dad won't let him go to see Mantle.
He is worried about his baseball hero finding out that he played a fairy in the play.
When his friends found out he was in a play, what part did Holling say that he was playing?
A warrior
A wizard
A pirate
A fairy
What happened to threaten Holling's visit with Mickey Mantle?
His father forgot to pick him up.
He was told he couldn't go to the Emporium because he didn't do a good job in the play.
He lost his baseball.
He lost track of time.
How did Holling get to the Sporting Emporium?
He took the bus.
He went with Danny Hupfer.
Mrs. Baker drove him.
He didn't make it.
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Why is Danny Hupfer the BEST friend in the whole world?
When that JERK Mickey Mantle refused to sign Holling's ball, Danny gave his back and called Mantle a "pied ninny."
He came to see Holling in the play.
He told Meryl Lee that Holling loved her.
He stood up for him when Doug Swieteck's brother wanted to beat him up.
Mrs. Bigio scolded Mai Thi in the lunch line saying, "You shouldn't even be here, sitting like a queen. . .while American boys are sitting in swamps on Christmas Day." What is wrong with her?
She is horribly wrong to do it, but she is out of her mind with grief over her husband, and Mai Thi is Vietnamese, so she is taking it out on her.
Mai Thi says very mean things about Mrs. Bigio and Mrs. Bigio found out about it.
Mai Thi had something to do with her husband's death.
Mrs. Baker told Mrs. Bigio that Mai Thi was speaking badly about American troops.
How do we know Mrs. Baker felt badly about how Mickey Mantle treated Holling, and proud for the way Danny stood up to him?
She set up an opportunity for the boys to meet and play ball with two other famous Yankee ball players.
She excused them from class.
She gave them extra cream puffs.
She bought them hot dogs.
What trick does Doug Swieteck's brother play on Holling?
He took the front page of people's newspapers because they had a picture of Holling as Ariel and put them everywhere in school.
He tripped him when he was playing soccer.
He did number 144 to him.
He tried to tell Mrs. Baker that Holling hated Shakespeare.
How do we know that even the "tough" Doug Swieteck is a good friend to Holling?
He wouldn't help his brother hang the pictures of Holling so his brother punched him in the nose.
He saved his autographed baseball for him.
He set a date up for Holling and Meryl Lee.
He let him copy his homework.
Why does Holling's sister become embarrassed by him?
The pictures of him playing Ariel made it to the high school.
Holling isn't standing against the war.
Holling won't go to the MLK rally for Civil Rights.
Mr. Goldman wants him to play a fairy in another play.
What story did Mrs. Baker assign Holling that he thought was “stupid”?
Romeo and Juliet
Julius Caesar
Hamlet
The Merchant of Venice
What did Holling show Meryl Lee on their date?
His father’s design for the new Junior High
His drawing of Sycorax and Caliban falling on to Doug Swieteck brothers’ face
His favorite Shakespeare play
His father's design plan of the swimming center
The school didn't close even though there was a hugh snowstorm. Mrs. Bigio brought the class hot chocolate. Why did Mrs. Baker give Mai Thi her cup of hot chocolate.
Mrs. Bigio is still being cold to Mai Thi and didn't offer her some.
She is allergic to hot chocolate.
She doesn't like hot chocolate.
She wanted Mai Thi to have extra hot chocolate because she was far from home.
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Mrs. Baker tells Holling that every one will soon forget about him playing Ariel and Holling says, "It's not like it's your picture in the halls, or that you have all that much to worry about." At those words, Mrs. Baker went quiet and wouldn't talk to Holling any more that day. Why?
She was hurt because she has LOTS to worry about. Her husband is fighting in Vietnam.
It was very thoughtless on Holling's part.
She thought that it was funny that a student would talk back to her like that.
She secretly wished that she could wear yellow tights with feathers on the rear end.
During the snowstorm, Holling saw a chance for revenge against Doug Swieteck's brother. What does Holling do?
Holling throws the perfect snowball at Doug’s brother
He hangs pictures of Doug Swieteck's Brother all over the school.
He pushes him into a snowbank.
He fights him.
When he leaves school on that snowy day, what heroic thing does Holling do?
He sees that his sister is going to be hit by a sliding bus and he pushes her out of the way, getting hit himself.
He carries Meryl Lee over slush that has collected in front of the door so that she won't slip or get wet.
He brushes off all of the teacher's cars in an attempt to make up to Mrs. Baker.
He rescued a cat from a tree.
What award did Mr. Hoodhood receive in 1967?
He received the Nobel peace prize.
He received a 1967 Chevrolet Camaro for his good works.
He received the Chamber of Commerce Businessman of the Year award.
He received the new school contract for his architect firm.
When they were getting dressed up to go to the awards ceremony with their father, Holling and his sister debated whether or not to flush their flowers down the toilet. Why would they want to do this?
It was a small way to disobey their father who has been very controlling.
They have really bad allergies.
They were bored and wanted to see if they would go down.
They felt silly wearing flowers to an awards show.
Why were the celing tiles in Mrs. Baker's classroom bulging?
Sycorax and Caliban were living up there and collecting stuff for their nest.
They sprung a leak in the celing
The school building was very old and they were wearing out.
That is where Doug Swieteck was hiding his box of things he used to complete items on his, "how to make a teacher hate you" list.
What play did Mrs. Baker assign Holling in February that he thought was “stupid”?
Romeo and Juliet
Julius Caesar
Hamlet
The Tempest
Holling didn't have much money, but he wanted to take Meryl Lee out for Valentines day. How did he manage to take her out?
Mrs. Bigio heard that he needed a way to take Meryl Lee out so she gave him her season tickets to the theatre.
He went to Mr. Goldman and asked him if he needed any more Shakespeare performances. Mr. Goldman paid him in exchange for a promise to play Romeo.
Mrs. Baker gave him some money to take her out so he wouldn't seem like a "cheapskate."
When his dad found out he was taking Meryl Lee Kowalski out, he gave Holling some money so that he could spy on her father's plans for the middle school.
What did Meryl Lee do to Holling on Valentine’s Day?
She ran away from Holling because she hated him and she thought that he was cheap because he did not go anywhere with her for Valentine’s Day.
She took what Holling had told her about his father’s design and gave them to her father, who used the same design and idea as Mr. Hoodhood for the new middle school.
Meryl Lee gave Holling chocolates for her appreciation for Holling taking her out on Valentine’s Day.
She took Holling to the Movies and they had an amazing Valentine’s Day.
Why was Holling at the school board meeting where Kowalski and Associates and Hoodhood and Associates were to show their designs for the new Middle School?
His father made him go so that he could see firsthand how competitive bidding worked.
Because Holling was fascinated by everything to do with the Architecture business.
He was supposed to keep Mr. Kowalski busy while Mr. Hoodhood sabotaged his model.
He was just trying to get out of school.
When Holling found out that Meryl Lee had given her father Mr. Hoodhood's designs, he began to cry. Why?
He felt so stupid. He thought she liked him and he felt tricked.
He was scared of his father.
He was angry at Mr. Kowalski.
He was afraid he wouldn't inherit Hoodhood and Associates anymore.
Why did Mr. Kowalski copy Mr. Hoodhood's designs for the new middle school?
Like Mr. Hoodhood said to Holling earlier in the chapter, "If Hoodhood and Associates gets . . .the contract. . .then Kowalski and Associates may very well be no more.
He hated Holling for dating his daughter.
He was an evil man deep in his soul.
He wanted to buy Meryl Lee a pony and he needed the money the new contract would bring.
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Eventually, Mr. Kowalski withdrew from the bidding war. Hollings dad just said, "What chumps. They were going to win hands down." What does this say about Mr. Hoodhood?
That he thought Mr. Kowalski was dumb because he would cheat if he had to and wouldn't look back.
Mr. Hoodhood has no honor and can't understand when someone else shows it.
That he thought Mr. Kowalski was a great guy.
That he expected Hoodhood and Associates to get the contract all along so he wasn't worried.
Why did Mrs. Baker rush out of the classroom when she got the telegram?
The telegram said that her husband was missing in action and she was so upset.
She forgot that she promised Mrs. Bigio that she would check the cream puffs in the over.
She had to use the restroom.
Sycorax and Caliban were chasing her.
In March, the Hoodhood family tunes in to the Evening news with Walter Cronkite even more so than normal. How is Vietnam war going?
Very poorly - particularly in Khesanh where Mr Baker had been. 5000 marines were surrounded by Vietcong troops.
Excellent. Cronkite told them that the war should be over soon.
There was no real way to know how the war was going because there was no footage from the war at all.
The war was a complete standoff at this point. Neither side was winning.
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While Holling is trying to concentrate on Julius Caesar, he has trouble because Mrs. Baker is distracting him. How does the reader figure out that she is sad and worried about her husband?
She kept wiping her eyes while she was grading.
Every once in a while she would stop whatever she was doing and look somewhere far away, like she wasn't even in the classroom anymore.
Her eyes were red all the time.
She talked about missing her husband all the time.
Why won't Holling's sister work with her father at Hoodhood and Associates?
She already has a job working for Bobby Kennedy's presidential campaign.
He is always yelling at her and she doesn't want to spend time with him.
He will not let her wear her hippie clothes to the office.
She wanted to work for MLK Jr instead.
Who helped Holling with his running?
His father
Meryl Lee
Mai Tai
Mrs. Baker
After Mrs. Baker directs Holling and changes his running stance, she compares him to what famous runner?
Herself
Jesse Owens
Stephanie Casaletto
Tom Brady
How did Mrs. Baker know so much about running track?
She is a teacher, she knows everything!
She was an Olympic runner in the 1957 Melbourne Olympics.
She is best friends with Coach Quatrini.
She reads so much she just read up on it really quickly.
When Mr. Bradbrook and the other members of the school board came to observe Mrs. Baker he asked Holling to quote Shakespeare to him. Holling hit it out of the park and Mrs. Baker said, "Azalea" to him. Why?
Holling coached Mrs. Baker in teaching by telling her to have code words when a student has done well like "Azalea" and "Chrysanthemum."
Mrs. Baker really likes plants, she she randomly says plant names.
Azaleas make her think of her husband and she is very lonely without him.
She is being silly.
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When the rats fell from the ceiling, who were the only ones who weren't scared?
Mrs. Sidman
Mai Thi
Mr. Bradbrook
Mrs. Baker
Even though Mai Thi was not scared of the rats, the discrimination she had to deal with was heating up. What were people doing that really hurt her?
Teasing her by saying Vietnamese people ate rats.
Vandalizing her home.
Hiding her school supplies in the coat room.
Refusing to let her eat lunch.
Eventually, the teasing got to poor Mai Thi and she began to cry. Who came to her rescue?
Mrs. Bigio
Mrs. Baker
Danny Hupfer
Meryl Lee
Seeing Mai Thi cry about being teased snapped Mrs. Bigio back to her senses and she realized she was horrible for being mean to her. What did she do as a way to apologize?
Made a fried banana dessert that was popular in Vietnam to show everyone that Vietnamese people ate wonderful food, not rats.
Went out to get her a whole pitcher of Hot Chocolate to make up for the time she refused to give her some.
Let her get her lunch first every day.
Helped her to write home to her parents in Vietnam.
Holling had the best time during the track team try-outs. Why?
Mrs. Baker is an awesome coach.
The rats were chasing him so he ran really fast.
Coach Quatrini scared Holling into doing his best.
He wanted to try to impress his father.
Why is it ironic that Mrs. Sidman has become the principal over Mr. Guareschi?
She had originally been so scared of Doug Swieteck and his brother than she had to be reassigned.
She hated rats and the school had so many of them.
Mrs. Sidman had always hated her job at the school because she hates all children.
She always said that all she wanted was a vacation, but here she is working again.
What bad news does Holling get about the Kowalski's
Kowalski and Associates has gone out of business and Meryl Lee has to move.
Meryl's dad will not let her date him.
The Kowalski's won the lottery so they are moving.
The Kowalskis have decided to buy Hoodhood and Associates, so now Holling won't be able to inherit it.
Whose death was the only thing to bring Mr. Hoodhood and Holling's sister together? (He didn't make her come down to supper, and they were both very quiet).
Martin Luther King Jr.
Bobby Kennedy
Mrs. Hoodhood
Mrs. Bigio's husband
In April, Holling is very excited to go to Opening Day at Yankee Stadium, how does his father let him down?
He doesn't pick him up.
He refuses to let him miss track practice.
He will not let Holling go to the ball park.
He showed up to get him late.
Mrs. Baker ended up bringing Holling to the park. The Yankees ended up giving Holling, Danny, Doug, and Mrs. Baker a behind the scenes tour why?
The Yankees recognized Mrs. Baker from the Olympics and were fans.
The Baker Sporting Emporium donates a lot of money to the Yankees organization.
They had special tickets to go behind the scenes.
Mr. Hoodhood is rich, and he paid them to show the kids around.
Why does Mrs. Baker want to see the BOSS of the Yankees?
She finds out that Yankee stadium is going to be renovated and she has someone in mind.
She wanted the boss to talk to Mickey Mantle about what a jerk he was to Holling.
She was hoping that they could buy baseballs and bats from Baker's Sporting Emporium.
She was a huge baseball fan and she wanted to thank him for a great day.
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Holling's sister and Mr. Hoodhood argue over her going to Columbia University. Why?
He thinks that she just wants to go join the protests there.
He says that she doesn't need to go to college because she already has a good job at Hoodhood and Associates.
He wants her to stay home where it is safe.
He says that women should not have an education.
At the big race, why does Danny Hupfer hang back and let the 8th graders get ahead of him?
They threaten he and Holling all the time because they don't like 7th graders beating them.
They paid him to let them win.
He isn't as fast as them.
Their parents are there cheering them on and Danny wants them to be able to be proud in front of their parents.
How does Holling avenge the fact that the 8th graders tripped Danny and made him lose his race?
He beat them.
He tripped them back.
He told everyone they only ran fast because they were afraid of rats.
Tied their shoelaces together.
Mrs. Sidman tells the kids that May is what month?
Veteran Awareness Month
Atomic Bomb Awareness Month
Land of the Free Month
Rat Appreciation Month
During Atomic Bomb Awareness month, what do the kids have to do?
Practice hiding under their desks in case an Atomic Bomb is dropped on them.
They have to practice A.L.I.C.E. drills.
They have to practice fire drills.
They have to make pictures of Atomic Bombs and hang them in the windows.
The Yankees announce who their new architect is going to be. Who is it?
Hoodhood and Associates
Kowalski and Associates
Mr. Brady's Architect company
Mrs. Blais and Associates
In May, Holling's sister throws her plate of Lima Beans against the wall and refuses to come down to supper ever again. Why?
Mr. Hoodhood was giving her a hard time about Columbia University again.
She hated Lima Beans.
She was on a hunger strike against the Vietnam War.
She wanted to lose weight to fit into some tight hippie pants.
What fancy thing does Mr. Hoodhood buy to show off in front of his house?
A yellow VW bug convertible
A swimming pool for his kids
New patio furniture.
Ford Mustang Convertible
When Holling's sister has had enough of her father what does she do?
She runs away to CA with her boyfriend Chit.
She quits her job at Hoodhood and Associates.
She get a job with Kowalski and Associates.
She makes her mother promise to never make Lima Beans again.
In May, Holling's best friend Danny becomes very stressed out. What is he worried about?
Saying the prayer correctly at his Bar Mitzvah.
Running races against the 8th graders again.
Diagramming sentences for Mrs. Baker.
Asking Mai Thi out on a date.
Why does Holling ask Mrs. Baker to stop calling him Mr. Hoodhood?
He doesn't want to, "be his father already."
He is mad at his father for fighting with his sister.
He thinks the name Hoodhood sounds silly.
He is mad at his father for forgetting to take him to Opening Day at Yankee Stadium
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Mrs. Baker points out that Holling has a lot in common with his dad, what things does she point out?
He is stubborn like his father.
He has the soul of an architect.
He can produce excellent drawings like an architect.
He hates the Kowalski family.
What does Mrs. Baker say the only thing Holling should worry about doing when he grows up?
Learn everything you can and then use that knowledge to become a wise and good man.
Make sure that you make a lot of money as an architect so that you can raise a family with Meryl Lee.
Remember not to be a bloodthirsty business man like his dad.
Read Shakespeare every day.
Holling's sister called from Minneapolis needing bus fare to get home how does Holling help her?
He cashes in the savings bond he won during the race and sends it to her.
He wakes his father up and tells him Heather is in trouble.
He calls Mrs. Baker and asks her what to do.
He gets Mr. Goldman to give him money.
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What was Mr. Hoodhood's response when Holling told him that Heather needed to be picked up at the bus station.
You're not going to catch me driving all the way into the city on a Sunday.
You go get her Holling. The keys are up on my dresser.
Whose problem is that?
I was so worried about her, of course I'll go get her now!
Mrs. Baker gets another telegram in May. What is the news this time?
Mr. Baker is out of Vietnam and on his way home.
Mr. Baker is missing in action.
Mr. Baker died.
Mr. Baker wants her to make him a strawberry pie.
In June, Mrs. Baker takes the class camping. She HATES camping, so why does she do it?
Mr. Baker would have wanted to go, and she wants to keep the same traditions so she doesn't jinx his homecoming.
She is lying, she LOVES to camp.
She is going to miss this class and wants to spend more time together.
Mrs. Bigio begged her to go camping.
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The beginning of June is a little sad. What are the things that contribute to that?
Mr. and Mrs. Hoodhood seem to be falling out of love. They are not talking, and not spending any time together.
Mrs. Hoodhood cries herself to sleep at night.
Bobby Kennedy, who Holling thought was going to be a very good president, was shot and died.
Mr. Hoodhood had to sell his Mustang convertible.
Who seems to be the camper who knows just what to do in every situation?
Mrs. Baker
Mrs. Sidman
Danny Hupfer
Holling
Why did the campers have a hard time finding anything good to eat?
The bears got into their food.
Holling's bag had a hole and dropped the utensils out of it.
Mrs. Sidman forgot to pack the food.
Danny Hupfer ate it all.
What horrible thing follows Doug Swieteck back from the latrines?
A huge swarm of mosquitos
A bear
A snake
A Wolf
After making Thit bo kho (a wonderful Vietnamese stew) what was the ultimate way Mrs. Bigio shows Mai Thi that she is not upset with her anymore?
She asks her to come and stay with her instead of at the Catholic Relief Agency.
She only lets Mai Thi touch her beloved cooking knives.
She made her a Vietnamese dinner.
She lets Mai Thi have the biggest serving of Thit bo kho.
Holling doesn't want to have his own bar mitzvah, but why does he admire Danny?
Danny had symbolically become a man by taking his Jewish rite of passage so seriously.
Danny got a lot of presents.
Danny was the center of attention.
Danny got to say a prayer in Hebrew.
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At Danny's bar mitzvah, he isn't the only one who becomes a man. How does Holling take his place in the tradition of "manhood?"
He stood up to his father.
He told his dad that being a man isn't about a job.
He told his dad that being a man is about choosing for himself.
That he didn't know if he figured out "who he was" yet, but he'd let his dad know when he figured it out.
What is the happy ending of The Wednesday Wars?
Mr. Tybalt Baker came home.
Holling won another race.
Danny became a man during his bar mitzvah.
Holling's dad apologized.
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