February
March
Shakespeare
Choices & Relationships
Trivia
100

What happens to the ceiling in the Hoodhood family's Perfect Living Room?

What is it collapses, damaging the furniture and piano?

100

Which Shakespeare play do Holling and Mrs. Baker study in March?

What is Julius Caesar?

100

Which two feuding families in Romeo and Juliet parallel the conflict between the competing architecture firms?

Who are the Montagues and Capulets?

100

Who is the daughter of Holling's father's architectural rival?

Who is Meryl Lee Kowalski?

100

What historical conflict is affecting Mrs. Baker's husband and many other characters in the novel?

What is the Vietnam War?

200

Which Shakespeare play do Holling and Mrs. Baker study in February?

What is Romeo and Juliet?

200

What dramatic event happens when the school board is visiting Mrs. Baker's classroom?

What is Mrs. Baker's rats fall through the ceiling.

200

Which was the first Shakespeare play that Holling read?

What is The Merchant of Venice?

200

After he wrongly suspects Meryl Lee, what does Holling eventually do?

What is realize she is innocent and reconcile with her by bringing her a rose and two Coca Colas?

200

What embarrassing role does Holling play in The Tempest?

Who is Ariel, a spirit?

300

What award does Holling's father receive at the Kiwanis Club dinner?

What is the Chamber of Commerce Businessman of 1967 award?

300

Why does Danny Hupfer get suspended?

What is "he punches an eighth-grader because he is making fun of Mai Thi"?

300

Which was the second Shakespeare play that Holling read?

What is The Tempest?

300

How to Danny's parents respond to his suspension after punching another student?

What is "they are proud of him and take him on a trip to Washington DC"?

300

What are the names of Mrs. Baker's rats?

What are Sycorax and Caliban?

400

Where do Holling and Meryl Lee go on their Valentine's Day date?

What is a performance of Romeo and Juliet, followed by Cokes at Woolworth's?

400

When Mrs. Baker begins coaching Holling in running, he learns that she had previously won a prestigious athletic award. What was the award?

What is the silver medal in the Melbourne Olympics?

400

What does Holling initially think Romeo and Juliet should have done instead of dying?

What is run away together?

400

What did Meryl Lee's dad do that was rather dishonest?

What is "he copies Mr. Hoodhood's architectural design from the picture that Meryl Lee shows him"?

400

What does Holling receive from Mrs. Bigio that helps make his Valentine's Day date possible?

What are 2 tickets to Romeo and Juliet?

500

Why does Holling initially believe Meryl Lee has betrayed him?

What is "because Meryl Lee's father presents Holling's father's architectural design as his own"?

500

What job does Mr. Hoodhood want his daughter Heather to take, and what does Heather want to do instead?

What is "a receptionist at his architecture firm", and what is "volunteer for Bobby Kennedy's presidential campaign"?

500

Why does Mrs. Baker have Holling read Shakespeare throughout the novel?

What is "to help him explore human nature and understand life through literature"?

500

What does Meryl Lee's father do to make up for his dishonesty?

What is "he withdraws his bid to design the new Camillo Junior High School"?

500

What is the name of the author of The Wednesday Wars?

Who is Gary Schmidt?