The Wednesday Wars

by Gary Schmidt

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The Wednesday Wars Questions on Cream Puffs

The Wednesday Wars

Holling's cream-puff dilemma in The Wednesday Wars can actually be divided into two dilemmas, and the first is resolved when he makes the poor decision to keep quiet instead of admitting that the...

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The Wednesday Wars

Holling wears yellow tights because he plays Ariel in Shakespeare's The Tempest for his school's Shakespeare Holiday Extravaganza. He initially gets involved in the play after needing to work off a...

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The Wednesday Wars

Holling acquires cream puffs without enough money by impressing the baker with his knowledge of Shakespeare. Initially, he attempts to clean Mrs. Baker's room for a cream puff, but accidentally ruins...

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The Wednesday Wars

Holling's cream puff dilemma, escaped pet rats, and the Shakespeare unit all significantly affect the story. The cream puff incident, involving chalk dust, leads Holling to work for a baker to...

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