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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through January.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Holling's parents not come to see him perform in the Shakespeare performance?
(a) They are having friends over.
(b) Bing Crosby is on television.
(c) Holling's sister is performing in the high school band.
(d) They have the flu.

2. What type of church does Holling's family attend?
(a) Presbyterian.
(b) Baptist.
(c) Catholic.
(d) Synagogue.

3. In January, who does Holling push out of the way of a school bus skidding on ice and snow?
(a) Doug.
(b) His sister.
(c) Meryl Lee.
(d) Danny.

4. What sixth-grade class does Mrs. Baker suggest that Holling retake?
(a) English.
(b) Science.
(c) History.
(d) Math.

5. In November what does Meryl Lee do to Holling when the teacher is not looking in music class?
(a) Scratches his arm.
(b) Digs her fingernails into his bicep.
(c) Stomps on his foot.
(d) Pokes a pencil in his leg.

Short Answer Questions

1. In September, where does Holling say that families live whose last names end in "berg" or "zog" or "stein."

2. How old is Holling's sister?

3. What does Mrs. Baker assign Holling to read for the first Wednesday of January?

4. When does the "Home Town Chronicle" run a shot of Holling as Ariel in the play?

5. In September how many ways does Holling say that Doug Swieteck made up to make a teacher hate you?

(see the answer key)

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