Characters
Holling takes this character on a date on Valentine's Day.
Who is Meryl Lee Kowalski?
*bonus - who else goes on a Valentine's Day date?
This ends up on the batch of cream puffs baked for the Wives of Vietnam Soldiers.
What is chalk dust?
*how does it get there?
This is the setting of the book - place and time.
What is Long Island during the 1967-1968 school year?
This protest against the Vietnam War takes place in the October chapter at this headquarters of the Dept. of Defense.
What is the Pentagon Protest?
This play claims that "the quality of mercy is not strained".
What is The Merchant of Venice?
*What does that mean?
This character leaves Heather Hoodhood in Minneapolis.
Who is Chit?
*tell me about Chit's car
This is the role Holling plays in the Shakespeare Holiday Extravaganza.
What is Ariel
*bonus - describe his costume
This collapses in The Perfect House and Mrs. Baker's classroom.
What is the ceiling?
*what do these collapses symbolize?
This large-scale surprise assault initiated by Viet Cong is referenced in the January chapter.
What is the Tet Offensive?
Mrs. Baker's husband shares a name with this character from Shakespeare's tragedy about young love.
Who is Tybalt Baker?
*What is the title of the play? Name another character with a name from this play?
This character believes his principal wants to be a dictator of a small country.
Who is Danny Hupfer?
*what else do you know about Danny Hupfer?
Holling's sister wants to go to this university?
What is Columbia University?
*what does Mr. Hoodhood think about college?
Name the three New York Yankees who make an appearance in the book.
Who are Mickey Mantle, Horace Clarke, and Joe Pepitone?
*Which one is portrayed as a pied ninny in the book?
This civil rights leader is assassinated in the April chapter.
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr?
These rats make their home in the asbestos tiles of Camillo Junior High School.
Who are Sycorax and Caliban?
*Who bought these rats as a pet and for whom? What Shakespeare play has these characters in it?
This baker gives Holling his first Shakespearean role.
Who is Mr. Goldman?
This school cook asks to adopt Mai Thi in the June chapter.
Who is Mrs. Bigio?
This newscaster delivers the news to the Hoodhood house on tv every night.
Who is Walter Conkrite?
In the March chapter, this man announces that he will drop out of the presidential race.
Who is Lyndon Johnson?
Reading this play has Holling wondering if he is fortune's fool?
What is Romeo and Juliet?
This character won a silver medal in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics.
Who is Mrs. Baker?
*what are two other surprises about Mrs. Baker?
Who wins the bid for designing the new middle school.
Who is Mr. Kowalski?
*Who is he related to in the book? Does he design the new middle school?
What is Holling talking about here: "I was amazed that Mrs. Baker was letting me read this. It's got to be censored all over the place. I figured that she hadn't read it herself, otherwise she would never have let me at it."
What is The Tempest?
This is a military campaign mentioned in the April chapter aimed at relieving U.S. Marines at Khe Sanh.
What is Operation Pegasus?
*what else do we know about Khe Sanh?
Holling (and the rest of his class) learns the term "pied ninny" from this play.
What is The Tempest?
*what does pied ninny mean?