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Gary D. SchmidtA modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
September
Reading Check
1. He rigged the teachers’ water fountain to spray mango red hair dye into a teacher’s face. It stained her skin for days. (September)
2. Half go to Hebrew school and half go to Catechism at the Catholic church. (September)
Short Answer
1. He imagines them all behaving like characters in Treasure Island. (September)
2. She must spend Wednesdays with Holling instead of having a free period, and someone in her family was recently deployed to the war in Vietnam. (September)
October
Reading Check
1. Cleaning the classroom, dusting erasers, wiping the board (October)
2. Holling was cleaning erasers outside on a windy day. The chalk dust wafted through the open windows where the cream puffs had been set to cool. (October)
Short Answer
1. They believe he got to eat a cream puff as a special treat. They threaten to kill him if he does not get them all cream puffs of their own. (October)
2. No. Mrs. Baker calls Hollings not eating one “a wise choice.” At the meeting, Mrs. Bigio insisted the powdered sugar she used must have gone bad and the women believed her, even though they won’t be using her services again.
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