The Wednesday Wars - Final Test

Who said (more than once): "What did you do?"

• Holling

• Holling's dad

• Mrs. Baker

• Mr. Guareschi

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Why did Mrs. Baker hate Holling?

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

• because Holling asked her what she had to worry about

• because Holling ruined the cream puffs

• She didn't hate him.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

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

• Doug Swieteck

• Doug Swieteck's brother

• Danny Hupfer

• Mickey Mantle

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

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

• She made Holling clean erasers.

• She made Holling clean the chalkboards.

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

• She had Holling read several plays by William Shakespeare.

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

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.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

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.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

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.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

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.

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Identify the figurative language in this sentence: "There was a little pause while the whole world sucked in its breath."

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3