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Wednesday Wars March and April Quiz

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
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
2.
Who did Holling's sister admire?
a)
her parents
b)
Mickey Mantle
c)
Robert Kennedy
d)
Coach Quantrini
3.
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
4.
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
5.
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.
6.
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.
7.
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.
8.
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
9.
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
10.

Mr. Guareschi "received an administrative reassignment." What does this mean?

a)

He was no longer the principal and went back to teaching.

b)

He is a principal at a different school.

c)

He was fired.

d)

All the reader knows is he's gone.

11.
What Shakespeare play did Holling read in April?
a)
none
b)
Taming of the Shrew
c)
Hamlet
d)
Much Ado about Nothing
12.
Mr. Hoodhood looked grim and said, "We are coming apart."  Why?
a)
He was talking about the US because Martin Luther King was killed.
b)
He thought the country would fall because Walter Cronkite retired.
c)
He meant the Hoodhood family was falling apart because Holling's sister refused to come out of her room.
d)
He referred to his company losing money over the junior high building project.
13.
At the baseball game, Mrs. Baker becomes a celebrity herself.  How?
a)
She caught a foul ball.
b)
The players recognize her as an Olympic runner.
c)
She was chosen to throw out the first pitch.
d)
She saved Holling when a bat flew out of a batter's hand.
14.
What did Mrs. Baker have to do to meet the owner of Yankee Stadium to talk about renovations?
a)
Get to the game early
b)
Hit Mel Stottlemyre's fast ball
c)
Take Holling to the Yankee game
d)
Come back the next day
15.
What was the issue of the argument between Mr. Hoodhood and his daughter?
a)
She wanted to go to college.
b)
She wanted a car.
c)
She wanted to borrow money.
d)
Her grades in school were poor.
16.
What happened when Danny Hupfer ran in the junior varsity race?
a)
He won.
b)
He was chased by rats.
c)
He mysteriously fell and scraped his knees.
d)
He quit.
17.
What happened when Holling ran in the varsity race?
a)
He won.
b)
Meryl Lee kissed him.
c)
The coach went beserk.
d)
all of these
18.
Mrs. Baker gave Holling a month off from Shakespeare in order to coach him at running. 
a)
True
b)
False
19.
Why was Holling asked for an autograph?
a)
Because his dad was important. 
b)
He ran fast. 
c)
He was in the newspaper with Mrs. Baker and Yankee baseball players. 
d)
He was in the newspaper for cross country. 
20.
Which reporter did the Hoodhoods watch on the evening news?
a)
Dan Rather
b)
Walter Cronkite
c)
Lee Kowalski
d)
Charles Vendleri
21.
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
22.
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
23.
President Johnson's announcement on television was...
a)
the Vietnam war was over.
b)
he was not running for reelection.
c)
more troops were being sent to Vietnam.
d)
he was running for reelection.
24.
Holling says he and Meryl Lee would look at one another and know what the other was thinking, even though they wouldn't say it.  He compared it to...
a)
Romeo and Juliet
b)
Macbeth and Macduff
c)
Julius Caesar and Mark Antony
d)
Jim Hawkins and Captain Flint
25.

a strong supporter of a party, cause, or person

a)

implied

b)

scaffolding

c)

vanquished

d)

partisan

e)

humiliated

26.

Examine and judge carefully.

a)

offensive

b)

unscathed

c)

evaluated

d)

unalloyed

e)

inaccuracy

27.

forbidding or uninviting

a)

humiliated

b)

grim

c)

implied

d)

unalloyed

e)

berserk

28.

causing anger or hurt feelings; an attack

a)

inaccuracy

b)

berserk

c)

offensive

d)

vanquished

e)

scaffolding

29.

out of control with excitement

a)

berserk

b)

humiliated

c)

inaccuracy

d)

unscathed

e)

grim

30.

a mistake or error

a)

offensive

b)

implied

c)

partisan

d)

humiliated

e)

inaccuracy

31.

suggested but not directly expressed

a)

grim

b)

inaccuracy

c)

partisan

d)

implied

e)

unalloyed

32.

Temporary structures often used for construction work.

a)

evaluated

b)

offensive

c)

scaffolding

d)

unalloyed

e)

unscathed

33.

to be made to feel ashamed or foolish

a)

partisan

b)

unalloyed

c)

vanquished

d)

humiliated

e)

offensive

34.

pure, of high quality

a)

unalloyed

b)

evaluated

c)

offensive

d)

unscathed

e)

vanquished

35.

conquered; overpowered

a)

partisan

b)

berserk

c)

vanquished

d)

grim

e)

offensive

36.

unharmed

a)

unscathed

b)

unalloyed

c)

offensive

d)

inaccuracy

e)

humiliated

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