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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhat grade is Holling entering at the beginning of the novel?6th7th8th9th
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the name of Holling's father's architectural firm?Hoodhood and CompanyKowalski and AssociatesHoodhood and AssociatesHoodhood and son
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhat are the names of the two rats that Holling accidentally sets loose?Caesar and CalibanSycorax and CalibanAriel and CalibanSycorax and Shylock
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhom does Holling trip on the playground in September?Doug SwieteckJim HawkinsDoug Swieteck's brotherDanny Hupfer
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhat character does Holling play in "The Tempest"?CalibanProsperoSycoraxAriel
- 6. Multiple ChoiceTo which Shakespeare play does Holling take Meryl Lee on Valentine's Day?Julius CaesarHamletRomeo and JulietThe Merchant of Venice
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhy did Holling's sister leave for California?She failed out of high schoolHer father wouldn't let her go to collegeShe found a job thereShe was getting married to Chit
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the final play that Mrs. Baker assigned to Holling?HamletRomeo and JulietMuch Ado about NothingMerchant of Venice
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhat was Mai Thi's happy ending?She fell in love with DannyShe moved back to VietnamShe was reunited with her parentsShe went to live with Mrs. Bigio
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhich of Shakespeare's plays best parallels Holling's relationship with this family?HamletJulius CaesarThe Merchant of VeniceMacb
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhat happened after Holling joined the playground soccer game?He kicked a ball right into Meryl Lee's face.He tripped and pushed Mrs. Sidman face first into the goal net.He took out Doug Swieteck's brother without meaning to.He accidentally scored a goal for the opposing team.
- 12. Multiple ChoiceHolling was threatened with death if he didn't...set a trap for the ratsclimb the playground fence to retrieve a baseballprovide cream puffs for the entire classbring a pot of hot apple cider to the party
- 13. Multiple ChoiceHolling got a good deal on the cream puffs after he...recited lines of Shakespeare for Mr. Goldmantalked about Walter Cronkite with Mr.Goldmancaught the rats that were loose in Goldman's Best Bakerysketched a design for a new bakery for Mr.Goldman
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhat happened after Mickey Mantle wouldn't sign a baseball for Holling?Holling let out a string of Caliban's curses.Mrs. Baker gave Holling a baseball signed by Babe Ruth.Doug Swieteck exchanged his Yankees shirt for a Mets shirt.Danny Hupfer gave back his autographed ball.
- 15. Multiple ChoiceHolling had to go to the emergency room after...a bus hit him as he pushed his sitter out of its wayhis hand was burned as he helped Mr.Goldman thaw the frozen pipesDoug Swieteck's brother whipped an iceball at Holling's eyehe pulled one of the state penitentiary guys out of the frigid river
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhat did Holling tell Meryl Lee in Woolworth’s after the play?The school board members wanted the new school to be three stories tall.He had helped his father with a design for the new Yankee StadiumHis father's design for the new junior high school was all modern.He was going to enter an architectural design in a student contest.
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWhat did Mrs. Baker show Holling after he coached her in teaching?a model of a house she had designeda picture of herself performing as Miranda in The Tempesta silver medal she had won in the Olympicsthe Purple Heart her husband had received in Vietnam
- 18. Multiple ChoiceWhat message from Danny did Mr. Hupfer give Holling at the meet?"Beat the pied ninnies.""The apes have foreheads villainous low.""Toads, beetles, bats, light on them.""A southwest blow on them."
- 19. Multiple ChoiceHolling knew for the first time he really did love his sister when...his father said that he had disowned her and she was not welcome to returnhe realized how empty the house felt after she left with Chitshe stood up for him when Doug Swieteck's brother tried to kill himshe offered to lend him money for his date with Meryl Lee
- 20. Multiple ChoiceWhen Mrs. Baker’s class stood on the tarmac at the airport, they...held boxes of sweet strawberriesrecited Tybalt's final lines from Romeo and Julietwaved the welcome-home banner they had madegathered around the cage containing Caliban and Sycorax
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