The Wednesday Wars

How did Holling get to Port Authority to meet his sister?

• He drove the Mustang.

• Mr. Hoodhood took him.

• Mrs. Hoodhood took him.

• Mr. Kowalski took him. 

What statue did Holling and his sister see at the Port Authority?

• William Shakespeare

• Lt Tybalt Baker

• Hamlet

• Governor of New York

Why did the teachers think it was time to have all of their chalk erasers cleaned?

• Holling offered because he enjoyed cleaning them.

• The incident with Doug Swieteck's brother

• The principal said so

• A student was allergic to chalk dust.

What did Holling do with the cream puff Mrs. Baker let him have?

• He shared with Meryl Lee.

• He ate it himself.

• He threw it in the coat closet.

• He gave it to Mai Thi because she'd never had one.

Who is most likely to stand up to Mr. Hoodhood?

• Holling

• Holling's sister

• Holling's mother

• Doug Swieteck

What play did Mrs. Baker and Holling read in November?

• Romeo and Juliet

• Julius Ceasar

• The Merchant of Venice

• Wait Until Dark

Holling said, this was "the kind of stuff that makes you hope that you are never alone in the locker room with the other guys on your team." To what is he referring?

• rats

• being a 7th grader on varsity cross country

• dating Meryl Lee

• his father's passion for business

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.

What is the main setting of 'The Wednesday Wars'?

• A) A small town in New York

• B) A suburban school in Long Island

• C) A rural village in Pennsylvania

• D) A bustling city in California

Who is the protagonist of 'The Wednesday Wars'?

• A) Doug Swieteck

• B) Meryl Lee Kowalski

• C) Holling Hoodhood

• D) Mrs. Baker