Holling's Feelings
This emotion best describes how Holling felt about having to stay with Mrs. Baker every Wednesday.
Annoyance/Resentment
Mrs. Baker initially assigned Holling this activity to fill their Wednesday afternoons.
Chores/Cleaning
The delicious treat that Mr. Hoodhood brought to school.
The Goldman's Best Bakery cream puffs
The phrase "teased along by a breeze as gentle as a breath."
simile
The day of the week Holling stays at school with Mrs. Baker.
Wednesday
Holling felt this way when he realized the cream puffs were for the Wives of the Vietnam Soldiers.
Shame/Embarrassment
Instead of just supervising Holling, Mrs. Baker surprisingly did this with him during their Wednesdays.
Read Shakespeare
The intended recipients of the cream puffs.
The Wives of the Vietnam Soldiers
The comparison of the rats to something else using "like" or "as" would be this type of figurative language.
Simile
The name of the Shakespeare play Holling begins reading with Mrs. Baker in October.
The Merchant of Venice
How did Holling feel when Mrs. Baker told him they were going to read Shakespeare on Wednesday afternoons?
He expected to be bored.
Why wouldn't Mrs. Baker get rid of the two classroom rats?
Her husband, Lieutenant Tybalt Baker, picked them out for her because he thought they needed a home. (p.40)
What happened to the cream puffs?
They got covered in chalk dust because Holling was clapping erasers outside the open windows where they were cooling.
"They probably carried the plague" is what type of figurative language?
hyperbole
Why did Mai Thi go to Catechism when she wasn't Catholic?
She felt she owed the Catholic Relief Agency.
Why doesn't Holling complain to Mrs. Baker about cleaning erasers and straightening her classroom?
Baker Sporting Emporium had narrowed down their architecture firm to Hoodhood and Associates and Kowalski and Associates and Holling was afraid to cause a problem that would effect his father's business.
Who did Mrs. Baker blame for the rats getting loose?
herself
Why doesn't Holling tell anyone about the cream puffs?
He hoped no one would notice.
Sycorax and Caliban's "Screech" and "Hiss" are examples of what?
onomatopoeia
What is the conflict between Holling's sister Heather and Holling's father?
Heather wants to be a 'flower child' and Holling's father does not approve.
This feeling might describe Holling's reaction to the rats in the classroom.
Fear/Disgust
Did Mrs. Baker succeed in boring Holling to death?
No. He finds it interesting.
What do his friends say when they discover Holling was given a cream puff by Mrs. Baker?
His friends said he had to buy cream puffs for the whole class.
Holling's exaggerated fear of his friends finding out about his Wednesday afternoons could be an example of this.
Hyperbole
Why is the Merchant of Venice called a tragedy?
Shylock cannot become what he wants to be