Chapters 10-12 Wayside School Gets A Little Stranger

1. Why did the students work so hard?

• a) The students wanted Mrs. Jewls to be proud of them.

• b) Mr. Kidswatter gave the students many assignments.

• c) The students thought Mr. Gorf was listening to them.

• d) The students wanted to earn reward points.

2. After lunch Myron decided ------.

• a) to tell Mr. Kidswatter that the teacher wasn't in class

• b) to have fun by misbehaving

• c) to leave school

• d) to go to a different classroom

3. Mr. Gorf was ----.

• a) under the table

• b) locked in the cabinet

• c) behind the desk

• d) inside the curtain

4. Mr. Gorf had -----.

• a) a mole on his chin

• b) three nostrils

• c) a voice like a freight train

• d) laryngitis

5. Mr. Gorf's nose -----.

• a) had a keen sense of smell

• b) collected different voices

• c) could sound like a horn

• d) honked like a goose

6. How was Mr. Gorf related to the students' old teacher, Mrs. Gorf?

• a) Mrs. Gorf was Mr. Gorf's mother.

• b) Mrs. Gorf was Mr. Gorf's wife

• . c) Mrs. Gorf was not related to Mr. Gorf.

• d) Mrs. Gorf was Mr. Gorf's aunt.

7. Leslie tried to help her classmates by ----.

• a) calling home

• b) sending a paper airplane

• c) using the intercom

• d) sneaking out of the classroom and telling Mr. Kidswatter about Mr. Gorf

8. Mr. Gorf called Rondi's mother and ----.

• a) asked her to come and help him on the field trip

• b) asked her to be a tutor

• c) pretended to be Rondi

• d) told her Rondi was sick

9. The students got their voices back when ----.

• a) Louis brought up the fire department

• b) they ate spaghetti for lunch

• c) Mr. Kidswatter cut off Mr. Gorf's nose

• d) Miss Mush hit Mr. Gorf with a pepper pie

10. Which sequence best describes the order of events in Chapters 10-12?

1) Miss Mush hit Mr. Gorf with a pepper pie.

2) Mr. Gorf came out of the closet.

3) The students got their voices back.

4) Mr. Gorf's third nostril sucked up each student's voice. 5) The students followed their normal schedule when they did not have a teacher.

• a) 2, 4, 1, 3, 5

• b) 5, 2, 4, 1, 3

• c) 5, 2, 3, 4, 1

• d) 5, 4, 1, 3, 2