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WorksheetsWednesday Wars Final Test
Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 30mins
Who says the following quote: "Mrs. Baker hates my guts."
Holling Hoodhood
Mai Thi
Meryl Lee Kowalski
Danny Hupfer
Who says the following quote: "A flower child is beautiful and doesn't do anything to harm anyone."
Mrs. Hoodhood
Meryl Lee
Heather Hoodhood
Mr. Guareschi
Who said, "I showed him [my father] your drawing because it was good"?
Holling Hoodhood
Mrs. Baker
Danny Hupfer
Meryl Lee
Who says, "Beat the pied ninnies" after the big race?
Holling Hoodhood
Heather Hoodhood
Mrs. Baker
Danny Hupfer
Who says, "It's not like it's your picture in the halls, or that you have all that much to worry about"?
Holling Hoodhood
Heather Hoodhood
Mrs. Baker
Mai Thi
In what year does the story begin?
1947
1957
1968
1967
Why did Mrs. Baker believe the school conducted atomic bomb drills?
To keep everyone safe
to protect schools
to meet state regulations
to provide comfort and a sense of preparedness
Whose death did NOT occur during the course of the story?
Mr. Bigio
Bobby Kennedy
Martin Luther King Jr.
John F. Kennedy
Why does Mr. Hoodhood try to please everyone outside of his own family?
He might be able to do business with them someday.
It is the Presbyterian way
He enjoys being the center of attention
He enjoys being kind to others
Why did Holling go in his fairy costume to meet Mickey Mantle?
There wasn't enough time to change
The changing room was locked
He forgot to bring clothes to change into
He had to go with his friend, and they were leaving
Which is most likely the reason for Mrs. Bigio not giving Mai Thi a cup of hot chocolate?
Mai Thi was not allowed to have hot chocolate because of allergies.
Mrs. Bigio was bitter towards Vietnamese people
She did not have enough for everybody
Mai Thi was misbehaving in the lunchroom and that was her punishment.
What caused Holling to be alone with Mrs. Baker every Wednesday afternoon?
Half the class went to Hebrew school and the other half of the class went to Catechism.
The class had lunch recess, while Holling had to help Mrs. Baker.
The rest of the students went for private music lessons.
Holling was being punished because Mrs. Baker hated him.
When did Holling realize that he really did love his sister?
When she stood up for him
When she met him at the bus station
When she called him from Minneapolis
When he returned to an empty house without her
What ruined the cream puffs meant for the wives of Vietnam Soldiers
the rats
the wind
chalk dust
the heat
When did Holling mention his sister's name for the first time?
When he was talking to her on the telephone
When he met her at the bus station
When he returned after his play
When he was angry at her for leaving.
Who did Holling think wanted to be the dictator of a small country?
Mrs. Sidman
Mr. Vendleri
Mr. Guareschi
Mrs. Baker
Mark ALL that apply : Which were Shakespearean plays read by Holling during the course of the story?
The Tempest
Macbeth
Romeo and Juliet
Othello
Why did Mickey Mantle refuse to autograph Holling's baseball?
Holling was late
Holling didn't have a baseball to sign
Holling didn't have the money to pay for the autograph
Holling was wearing yellow tights
Who was the one to catch Sycorax and Caliban?
Mr. Vendleri
Holling
Mai Thi
Mrs. Sidman
What was the worst part about play Ariel the fairy?
too many lines to memorize
the costume
the name of the character
the difficult actions of the character
TRUE or FALSE. Doug Swieteck got a black eye because he refused to help his brother hand pictures of Holling as Ariel.
True
False
TRUE or FALSE: Mrs. Baker cried when Mr. Guareschi announced that Tybalt Baker would be deployed to Vietnam.
True
False
TRUE or FALSE: Holling's dad drove him to the hospital after he was hit by a school bus.
True
False
TRUE or FALSE. Danny returned his autographed ball to Mickey Mantle.
True
False
TRUE or FALSE. Mai Thi never forgave Mrs. Bigio.
True
False
During the time of the novel, which event is taking place?
The Vietnam War
Anti-war protests on college campuses
The Civil Rights Movement
All of the above
How did the chalkdust end up on the cream puffs?
Holling tripped as he was carrying the trays and the cream puffs rolled on the classroom floor.
Doug Swieteck's brother played a prank
Mrs. Bigio mistook the chalk dust for powdered sugar
Holling was banging erasers outside the open window on a breezy day
What does Holling tell Meryl Lee that gets him in trouble?
The answers to Mrs. Baker's quiz on "The Tempest"
The plans his father has for a new building
The secret location of the rats
That she is as ugly as Sycorax and Caliban combined
Because of his experience with Shakespeare, Holling is able to...
be in a play.
impress an older gentleman.
learn curses.
all of the above.
When Mai Thi is bullied...
Holling comes to her rescue.
No one cares because everyone hates her.
Mrs. Bigio makes a special dessert.
She doesn't care because she hates everyone.
How is the ceiling falling in "the Perfect House" symbolic?
It is symbolic because life in "the Perfect House" is starting to crumble.
It is symbolic because Holling's father is Business Man of the Year.
It is symbolic because Mr. Hoodhood is not as good an architect as Mr. Kowalski.
It is symbolic because Holling's sister wants to live in California.
The month of May is
"Be Kind to Strangers" month
"No more war!" month
"Save the whales!" month
"Atomic Awareness" month
Holling's sister wants to leave home and
join the Vietnam protesters
go to Columbia University
become a flower child in New York City
become a professional hair stylist
Mr. Kowalski & Associates win a bid to
renovate Yankee Stadium.
renovate Camilo Junior High.
renovate City Hall and the Courthouse.
renovate Dodger Stadium.
Mrs. Baker's eyes are "red and drippy" because
her husband is missing in action.
Sycorax and Caliban are stalking her.
her husband was killed in Vietnam.
she didn't win a gold medal at the Olympics.
As a result of Doug Swieteck's brother pasting pictures of Holling in yellow tights all over the school, Holling's plan includes...
getting a bakery job on the weekends and making cream puffs.
running away with his sister to join the hippies.
joining a 4-H club and raising baby goats.
enrolling in military school.
Who said (more than once): "What did you do?"
Holling
Holling's dad
Mrs. Baker
Mr. Guareschi
According to Holling, Mrs. Baker assigned him to read The Merchant of Venice to bore him to death. Why didn't it work?
Holling liked the play.
Holling refused to read the play.
Holling accidentally let the rats escape to distract Mrs. Baker.
Holling only pretended to read the play.
What figure of speech is being used in this line:
"Doug Swieteck's brother... could cuss the yellow off a school bus."
simile
metaphor
personification
hyperbole
What made being in a Shakespearean play a problem for Holling?
He had to wear yellow tights.
Mrs. Baker announced it to the class so everybody knew.
It was on the same night as the Mickey Mantle visit.
All of these.
Which of these is not true about the night of the play?
Mickey Mantle was a jerk.
The bus driver gave Holling a baseball.
Holling's mom and dad were sitting in the front row.
Danny Hupfer did a noble thing.
Why did two New York Yankees come to Camillo Jr. High and play catch with Holling, Danny, and Doug?
Mrs. Baker arranged it because of what happened with Mickey Mantle.
They were at the Mickey Mantle ball-signing event and felt bad for Holling.
They were good friends with Mrs. Baker's husband.
They had gone to Camillo Jr. High when they were kids.
Identify the figurative language in this sentence: "There was a little pause while the whole world sucked in its breath."
simile
metaphor
personification
alliteration
What figurative language is used here: "The windows on the classroom doors became crepe paper-stained glass."
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
personification
What types of figurative language are used here: "The disk of sun had just come up, and the billows of fog had bowed to it and backed away."
simile and personification
metaphor and personification
personification and alliteration
metaphor and onomatopoeia
What types of figurative language are used here: Then, as if the Dread Day of Doom and Disaster had come to Camillo Junior High, I heard, "Hey, Hoodhood!"
simile and hyperbole
metaphor and personification
alliteration and metaphor
alliteration and simile
How did Holling become a local hero, getting his picture in the paper?
He played Ariel in the Long Island Shakespeare Company Holiday Extravaganza.
He risked his life to save his sister from being hit by a bus.
He hit Doug Swieteck's brother in the face with a snowball.
He won Business Man of the Year for 1967.
How did Holling spend Valentine's Day?
Alone in his room reading Romeo and Juliet.
Helping his dad fix the hole in the ceiling.
He went to the movies with Meryl Lee where they saw Romeo and Juliet.
He took Meryl Lee to see Romeo and Juliet live on stage.
True or False: Mrs. Baker was an Olympic medal winner in track and field.
True
False
True or False: Holling makes the varsity cross country team even though he is a 7th grader.
True
False
True or False: Holling loses the cross country meet when the 8th graders knock him down near the end of the race, bloodying his knees.
True
False
True or False: Lt. Baker survives in Vietnam.
True
False
Who catches the rats when they finally fall from the ceiling?
Mrs. Baker
Mrs. Sidman
Mr. Guareschi
Doug Swieteck
Where is Holling's sister when she calls him one night?
Minneapolis
Chicago
San Francisco
Long Island
Who takes Holling to Opening Day at Yankee Stadium?
his dad
his mom
Mrs. Baker
Meryl Lee's dad
Which local architect is selected to renovate Yankee Stadium and was a sure bet to win Chamber of Commerce Businessman of 1968?
Hoodhood and Associates
Kowalski and Associates
Hupfer and Associates
Baker and Associates
What is Holling's sister's name?
It is never given.
Michelle
Heather
Susan
What happened to Mai Thi?
She was sent back to Vietnam.
She was injured badly while camping.
Mrs. Bigio adopted her.
She killed Sycorax and Caliban.
Who has a bar mitzvah?
Holling
Doug
Danny
Mai Thi
When Lieutenant Tybalt Baker arrives home on this military plane, what is everyone there to greet him holding?
A "Welcome Home" sign
boxes of sweet strawberries
chrysanthemums
all of these
