Wednesday Wars April

President Johnson's announcement on television was...

• the Vietnam war was over.
• he was not running for reelection.
• more troops were being sent to Vietnam.
• he was running for reelection.

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

Holling says he and Meryl Lee would look at one another and know what the other was thinking, even though they wouldn't say it.  He compared it to...

• Romeo and Juliet
• Macbeth and Macduff
• Julius Caesar and Mark Antony
• Jim Hawkins and Captain Flint

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CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

What Shakespeare play did Holling read in April?

• none
• Taming of the Shrew
• Hamlet
• Much Ado about Nothing

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

Mr. Hoodhood looked grim and said, "We are coming apart."  Why?

• He was talking about the US because Martin Luther King was killed.
• He thought the country would fall because Walter Cronkite retired.
• He meant the Hoodhood family was falling apart because Holling's sister refused to come out of her room.
• He referred to his company losing money over the junior high building project.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

At the baseball game, Mrs. Baker becomes a celebrity herself.  How?

• She caught a foul ball.
• The players recognize her as an Olympic runner.
• She was chosen to throw out the first pitch.
• She saved Holling when a bat flew out of a batter's hand.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What news had improved Mrs. Baker's mood?

• The American troops were marching to find missing American soldiers. 
• Meryl Lee is moving. 
• Holling is running cross-country. 
• Mr. Guareschi was gone.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Mrs. Baker gave Holling a month off from Shakespeare in order to coach him at running. 

• True
• False

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Who became principal? 

• Mrs. Sidman
• Mrs. Baker
• Coach Quatrini
• Mickey Mantle

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Who took Holling to Opening Day at Yankee Stadium? 

• Mr. Hoodhood
• Mrs. Baker
• His Mom. 
• No one. 

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9