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WEDNESDAY WARS BOOK EXAM

Total questions: 51

Worksheet time: 51mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who says the following quote: "Mrs. Baker hates my guts."

a)

Holling Hoodhood

b)

Mai Thi

c)

Meryl Lee Kowalski

d)

Danny Hupfer

2.

Who says the following quote: "A flower child is beautiful and doesn't do anything to harm anyone."

a)

Mrs. Hoodhood

b)

Meryl Lee

c)

Heather Hoodhood

d)

Mr. Guareschi

3.

Who said, "I showed him your drawing because it was good"?

a)

Holling Hoodhood

b)

Mrs. Baker

c)

Danny Hupfer

d)

Meryl Lee

4.

Who says, "Beat the pied ninnies" after the big race?

a)

Holling Hoodhood

b)

Heather Hoodhood

c)

Mrs. Baker

d)

Danny Hupfer

5.

Who says, "It's not like it's your picture in the halls, or that you have all that much to worry about"?

a)

Holling Hoodhood

b)

Heather Hoodhood

c)

Mrs. Baker

d)

Mai Thi

6.

In what year does the story begin?

a)

1947

b)

1957

c)

1968

d)

1967

7.

Why did Mrs. Baker believe the school conducted atomic bomb drills?

a)

To keep everyone safe

b)

to protect schools

c)

to meet state regulations

d)

to provide comfort and a sense of preparedness

8.

Whose death did NOT occur during the course of the story?

a)

Mr. Bigio

b)

Bobby Kennedy

c)

Martin Luther King Jr.

d)

John F. Kennedy

9.

Why does Mr. Hoodhood try to please everyone outside of his own family?

a)

He might be able to do business with them someday.

b)

It is the Presbyterian way

c)

He enjoys being the center of attention

d)

He enjoys being kind to others

10.

Why did Holling go in his fairy costume to meet Mickey Mantle?

a)

There wasn't enough time to change

b)

The changing room was locked

c)

He forgot to bring clothes to change into

d)

He had to go with his friend, and they were leaving

11.

Which is most likely the reason for Mrs. Bigio not giving Mai Thi a cup of hot chocolate?

a)

Mai Thi was not allowed to have hot chocolate because of allergies.

b)

Mrs. Bigio was bitter towards Vietnamese people

c)

She did not have enough for everybody

d)

Mai Thi was misbehaving in the lunchroom and that was her punishment.

12.

What caused Holling to be alone with Mrs. Baker every Wednesday afternoon?

a)

Half the class went to Hebrew school and the other half of the class went to Catechism.

b)

The class had lunch recess, while Holling had to help Mrs. Baker.

c)

The rest of the students went for private music lessons.

d)

Holling was being punished because Mrs. Baker hated him.

13.

When did Holling realize that he really did love his sister?

a)

When she stood up for him

b)

When she met him at the bus station

c)

When she called him from Minneapolis

d)

When he returned to an empty house without her

14.

What ruined the cream puffs meant for the wives of Vietnam Soldiers

a)

the rats

b)

the wind

c)

chalk dust

d)

the heat

15.

When did Holling mention his sister's name for the first time?

a)

When he was talking to her on the telephone

b)

When he met her at the bus station

c)

When he returned after his play

d)

When he was angry at her for leaving.

16.

Who did Holling think wanted to be the dictator of a small country?

a)

Mrs. Sidman

b)

Mr. Vendleri

c)

Mr. Guareschi

d)

Mrs. Baker

17.

Select all that apply: Which were Shakespearean plays read by Holling during the course of the story?

a)

The Tempest

b)

Julius Caesar

c)

Romeo and Juliet

d)

Othello

18.

Why did Mickey Mantle refuse to autograph Holling's baseball?

a)

Holling was late

b)

Holling didn't have a baseball to sign

c)

Holling didn't have the money to pay for the autograph

d)

Holling was wearing yellow tights

19.

Who was the one to catch Sycorax and Caliban?

a)

Mr. Vendleri

b)

Holling

c)

Mai Thi

d)

Mrs. Sidman

20.

What was the worst part about play Ariel the fairy?

a)

too many lines to memorize

b)

the costume

c)

the name of the character

d)

the difficult actions of the character

21.

True or False. Doug Swieteck got a black eye because he refused to help his brother hand pictures of Holling as Ariel.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

True or False: Mrs. Baker cried when Mr. Guareschi announced that Tybalt Baker would be deployed to Vietnam.

a)

True

b)

False

23.

True or False: Holling's dad drove him to the hospital after he was hit by a school bus.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

True or False. Danny returned his autographed ball to Mickey Mantle.

a)

True

b)

False

25.

True or False. Mai Thi never forgave Mrs. Bigio.

a)

True

b)

False

26.
a small remaining quantity of something
a)

remnants

b)

vocation

c)

advent

d)

devious

27.
to stuff with food
a)
gorge
b)
ties
c)
ceasefire
d)
reputation
28.
occupation
a)
vocation
b)
devious
c)
ties
d)
remnants
29.
An agreement to stop fighting
a)

ceasefire

b)

scurvy

c)

reputation

d)

rhetorical

30.

extremely wicked or villainous

a)

ally

b)

brigades

c)

nefarious

d)

mesozoically

e)

unbecoming

31.

taking away from someone's appearance or reputation; unattractive

a)

ally

b)

brigades

c)

nefarious

d)

mesozoically

e)

unbecoming

32.

a person who cooperates or works with another; a supporter

a)

ally

b)

brigades

c)

nefarious

d)

mesozoically

e)

unbecoming

33.

Why did Mrs. Baker hate Holling?

a)

because Holling was the only one who didn't have somewhere to go on Wednesday afternoons

b)

because Holling asked her what she had to worry about

c)

because Holling ruined the cream puffs

d)

She didn't hate him.

34.

Holling "took out" this guy during recess in September, sending him to the hospital.

a)

Doug Swieteck

b)

Doug Swieteck's brother

c)

Danny Hupfer

d)

Mickey Mantle

35.

What was the first tactic Mrs. Baker used to get her Wednesday afternoons kid-free?

a)

She made Holling clean erasers.

b)

She made Holling clean the chalkboards.

c)

She tried to get Holling to re-take 6th grade math.

d)

She had Holling read several plays by William Shakespeare.

36.

According to Holling, Mrs. Baker assigned him to read The Merchant of Venice to bore him to death. Why didn't it work?

a)

Holling liked the play.

b)

Holling refused to read the play.

c)

Holling accidentally let the rats escape to distract Mrs. Baker.

d)

Holling only pretended to read the play.

37.

What made being in a Shakespearean play a problem for Holling?

a)

He had to wear yellow tights.

b)

Mrs. Baker announced it to the class so everybody knew.

c)

It was on the same night as the Mickey Mantle visit.

d)

All of these.

38.

Which of these is not true about the night of the play?

a)

Mickey Mantle was a jerk.

b)

The bus driver gave Holling a baseball.

c)

Holling's mom and dad were sitting in the front row.

d)

Danny Hupfer did a noble thing.

39.

Why did two New York Yankees come to Camillo Jr. High and play catch with Holling, Danny, and Doug?

a)

Mrs. Baker arranged it because of what happened with Mickey Mantle.

b)

They were at the Mickey Mantle ball-signing event and felt bad for Holling.

c)

They were good friends with Mrs. Baker's husband.

d)

They had gone to Camillo Jr. High when they were kids.

40.

How did Holling become a local hero, getting his picture in the paper?

a)

He played Ariel in the Long Island Shakespeare Company Holiday Extravaganza.

b)

He risked his life to save his sister from being hit by a bus.

c)

He hit Doug Swieteck's brother in the face with a snowball.

d)

He won Business Man of the Year for 1967.

41.

How did Holling spend Valentine's Day?

a)

Alone in his room reading Romeo and Juliet.

b)

Helping his dad fix the hole in the ceiling.

c)

He went to the movies with Meryl Lee where they saw Romeo and Juliet.

d)

He took Meryl Lee to see Romeo and Juliet live on stage.

42.

True or False: Meryl Lee tricked Holling into revealing his father's plans for the new Junior High so she could show her father.

a)

True

b)

False

43.

True or False: Mrs. Baker was an Olympic medal winner in track and field.

a)

True

b)

False

44.

True or False: Holling makes the varsity cross country team even though he is a 7th grader.

a)

True

b)

False

45.

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.

a)

True

b)

False

46.

Who catches the rats when they finally fall from the ceiling?

a)

Mrs. Baker

b)

Mrs. Sidman

c)

Mr. Guareschi

d)

Doug Swieteck

47.

Where is Holling's sister when she calls him one night?

a)

Minneapolis

b)

Chicago

c)

San Francisco

d)

Long Island

48.

Who takes Holling to Opening Day at Yankee Stadium?

a)

his dad

b)

his mom

c)

Mrs. Baker

d)

Meryl Lee's dad

49.

What is Holling's sister's name?

a)

It is never given.

b)

Michelle

c)

Heather

d)

Susan

50.

What happened to Mai Thi?

a)

She was sent back to Vietnam.

b)

She was injured badly while camping.

c)

Mrs. Bigio adopted her.

d)

She killed Sycorax and Caliban.

51.

True or False: Holling finally finds the courage to stand up to his father.

a)

True

b)

False