The Wednesday Wars - March

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

"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 type of figurative language?

• personification

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• Shakespeare

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

• Mrs. Baker

• Mai Thi

• Mr. Guareschi

• Mrs. Sidman

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

• They are picked up by an exterminator company

• They are run over by Mr. Hoodhood

• They are run over by a school bus

• They escape back into the school

What did Danny Hupfer get for dumping his tray on the eighth graders bullying Mai Thi?

• a four-day suspension
• a trip to Washington, D.C.
• neither of these
• both of these

What play does Holling have read in March?

• Marcus Aurelius

• The Ides of March

• Antony and Cleopatra

• Julius Cesar

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

• Jesse Owens

• Usain Bolt

• Aaron Judge

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

• She winks at him

• She writes him a note thanking him

• She says "Azalea"

• She brings him an entire dozen of cream puffs

Which of the following events does NOT happen on the Ides of March?

• Cross country tryouts

• Mrs. Baker is observed

• Danny punches an eighth grader

• The rats fall out of the ceiling

Who does Heather, Holling's sister, say she admires?

• Walter Cronkite

• President Johnson

• Mrs. Hoodhood

• Bobby Kennedy