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Wednesday Wars March

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 54mins

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.

Who did Holling's sister admire?

a)

her parents

b)

Mickey Mantle

c)

Bobby Kennedy

d)

Coach Quantrini

3.
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
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.
"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
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 had ran in the Olympics and won a silver medal

b)

Her husband was a war hero

c)

She fearlessly captured the rats

d)

She performed in Shakespeare plays

8.
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.
9.
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.
10.
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
11.

How does Holling know that Mrs. Baker is proud of him after he recites lines of Shakespeare to the board members?

a)

She winks at him

b)

She writes him a note thanking him

c)

She says "Azalea"

d)

She brings him an entire dozen of cream puffs

12.

Which two people do not get scared when Sycorax and Caliban fall from the ceiling? Pick Two

a)

Mrs. Baker

b)

Mai Thi

c)

Mr. Guareschi

d)

Mrs. Sidman

13.

What are the rules Holling gives to Mrs. Baker to help her when the school board comes?

a)

No crossing her arms, no quoting Shakespeare, and no mentioning the rats

b)

No teacher jokes, no calling on Holling to answer, no eye rolling

c)

No eye rolling, no crossing her arms, no telling the school board about the Caliban curses.

d)

No crossing her arms, no eye rolling, no teacher jokes

14.

How were the rats captured?

a)

exterminator caught them in a trap

b)

Mrs. Sidman grabs them when they 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.

15.

What play does Holling have read in March?

a)

Marcus Aurelius

b)

The Ides of March

c)

Antony and Cleopatra

d)

Julius Cesar

16.

Mrs. Baker alludes to a famous Olympic runner when she is coaching Holling on how to run. Who is the runner?

a)

Jesse Owens

b)

Usain Bolt

c)

Aaron Judge

17.

Why were Holling, Mrs. Baker, and maybe the whole town holding their breath?

a)

They are smelling manure that farmers spread on the fields in the spring.

b)

It is spring and there is a wonderful smell of new gardens that are starting to bloom.

c)

They are waiting to see what will happen to the marines in Khesanh.

d)

They are waiting for news of Lt. Baker and hoping he is ok.

18.

What happens to the rats at the end of the chapter?

a)

They are picked up by an exterminator company

b)

They are run over by Mr. Hoodhood

c)

They are run over by a school bus

d)

They escape back into the school