Wednesday Wars May

Holling races to the Baker Sports Emporium to meet Mickey Mantle, but the sports hero won't sign a baseball for him. Why won't he autograph the ball?

• Because Holling is too late.

• Because Holling is wearing bright yellow tights and a cape.

• Because Mrs Baker tells him not to.

• Because Danny annoys him.

What did Mrs. Baker do to try to make Holling feel better after the situation with Mickey Mantle?

• Buys him cream puffs.

• Gives him a day off from reading Shakespeare.

• Gives him an A in class.

• Buys baseballs and mitts for him and his friends and gets two famous Yankees to play with them.

What grade is Holling entering at the beginning of the novel?

• 6th 

• 7th 

• 8th 

• 9th 

What is the name of Holling's father's architectural firm?

• Hoodhood and Company

• Kowalski and Associates

• Hoodhood and Associates 

• Hoodhood and son

What are the names of the two rats that Holling accidentally sets loose?

• Caesar and Caliban

• Sycorax and Caliban

• Ariel and Caliban 

• Sycorax and Shylock

Whom does Holling trip on the playground in September?

• Doug Swieteck

• Jim Hawkins

• Doug Swieteck's brother

• Danny Hupfer

Why didn't Holling complain about helping Mrs. Baker on Wednesday?

• He'd rather clean than repeat sixth grade math.

• Mrs. Baker would only make him do more work.

• Doug Swieteck would beat him up after school.

• Mr. Hoodhood was depending on Holling's good behavior to get a business deal.

Who were the pastries for that Mrs. Baker sent Holling to get?

• the class

• Wives of Vietnam Soldiers

• Soldiers in Vietnam

• Holling's father to influence him in the business deal

Why is Holling upset At the beginning of the chapter?

• He has to wear yellow tights in a play. 

• Mr. Hoodhood got the contract for Baker Sporting Emporium.

• He has to go to a baseball game. 

• He doesn't know who Mickey Mantle is. 

How does Mrs. Baker surprise Holling, Danny, and Doug?

• She makes them stay after school to learn Shakespeare.

• She gives them cream puffs.

• She makes them diagram sentences after school.

• She gives them baseballs and has them meet 2 Yankee players.