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WorksheetsMarch and April Quiz - Wednesday Wars
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Mrs. Baker told Holling, "Look what happened to Julius Caesar when he underestimated those around him." How did Holling underestimate Mrs. Baker?
She ran in the Olympics
Her husband was a war hero
She fearlessly captured the rats
She performed in Shakespeare plays
Mai Thi was bullied for being Vietnamese. What comment was made in the cafeteria?
She poisoned the tuna casserole.
She ate rats.
She was in the country illegally.
She should go back to Vietnam.
How were the rats captured?
An exterminator caught them in a trap.
The principal traps them under a trashcan.
A board member grabs them when they fall in her lap.
Holling runs after them and holds them by the scruff of the neck.
What Shakespeare play did Holling read in April?
none
Taming of the Shrew
Hamlet
Much Ado about Nothing
At the baseball game, Mrs. Baker becomes a celebrity herself. How?
She caught a foul ball.
She was chosen to throw out the first pitch.
She saved Holling when a bat flew out of a batter's hand.
The players recognize her as an Olympic runner.
What did Mrs. Baker have to do to meet the owner of Yankee Stadium to talk about renovations?
Get to the game early
Hit Mel Stottlemyre's fast ball
Take Holling to the Yankee game
Come back the next day
What was the issue of the argument between Mr. Hoodhood and his daughter?
She wanted to go to college.
She wanted a car.
She wanted to borrow money.
Her grades in school were poor.
What happened when Holling ran in the varsity race?
He won.
Meryl Lee kissed him.
The coach went crazy!
All of these.
Mrs. Baker gave Holling a month off from Shakespeare in order to coach him at running.
True
False
Why was Holling asked for an autograph?
Because his dad was important.
He ran fast.
He was in the newspaper with Mrs. Baker and Yankee baseball players.
He was in the newspaper for cross country.
Which reporter did the Hoodhoods watch on the evening news?
Dan Rather
Walter Cronkite
Lee Kowalski
Charles Vendleri
True or False: Danny Hupfer mysteriously fell and scraped his knees in the junior varsity race.
True
False
What came down when the bulging ceiling tiles were being replaced?
shredded paper
chewed pencils
part of a black sneaker
all of these
What did the TV news report say about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr?
He was giving an important speech.
He had been shot.
He was leading a march.
He was helping protestors.
Who was president in the chapter "April"?
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Bobby Kennedy
Martin Luther King, Jr.
causing anger or hurt feelings; an attack
inaccuracy
berserk
vanquished
offensive
out of control with excitement
berserk
inaccuracy
humiliated
unscathed
a mistake or error
offensive
partisan
inaccuracy
implied
suggested but not directly expressed
grim
implied
partisan
unalloyed
conquered; overpowered
berserk
grim
offensive
vanquished
