The Wave - Guidelines

THE WAVE by Todd Strasser
QUESTIONS (Test on April 10th 2023)
Answer these questions while you’re reading the book.
1. Who appears on the screen at The Wave meeting?

2. Who’s the only student who really flourished in The Wave?
3. What sort of student is Laurie Saunders?
4. What’s the name of the school newspaper?
5. What sort of student is Robert Billings?
6. What sort of student is Jeff Billings?
7. Who’s Laurie’s boyfriend?
8. How successful is the football team before the experiment?
9. What was Ben Ross particularly interested in?
10. Give two characteristics of Ben Ross.
11. Who’s Carl Block?
12. Give two characteristics of Carl Block.
13. Who’s Alex Cooper?
14. Who’s Brad?
15. How does the experiment turn out at the beginning?
16. What does Ben Ross do?
17. What question leads him to try the experiment?
18. What’s the secret for success?
19. What’s the film shown in chapter 1 about?
20. What’s Laurie Saunders’s mother’s reaction about The Wave?
21. What’s Ben Ross’s wife’s reaction about The Wave?
22. What’s most students’ reaction about The Wave?
23. What nervous habit does Laurie have?
24. What is the name of Gordon High's school newspaper?
25. What position does Laurie have on the school newspaper?
26. What subject does Mr. Ross's wife teach?
27. How long has Mr. Ross been teaching at Gordon High?
28. Who sets up the film projector in Mr. Ross's classroom?
29. According to Mr. Ross, how many people were killed in the Nazi extermination camps?
30. Who falls asleep during the movie about concentration camps?
31. Why does David run off to lunch immediately after seeing the Nazi movie?
32. What sport does Jeff Billings play?
33. Why does Mr. Ross believe Robert is such a lazy student?
34. Who are the only two students to get A's in Mr. Ross's class at the beginning of the
book?
35. Which two boys announce that they would never have allowed the Nazis to come to
power?
36. How did Laurie learn that Robert took an IQ test?
37. Why doesn't Laurie want to eat her lunch?
38. Why is David taking calculus?
39. Why is Amy jealous of Laurie?
40. What grade is Laurie in?
41. Why is Amy afraid when 'Principal Owens' knocks on the publication office door?
42. What historical topic did Mr. Ross become obsessed with in graduate school?
43. What card game did Mr. Ross's wife Christy teach him how to play?
44. Who does Mr. Ross spotlight as having excellent posture?
45. What activity does Andrea, the red-haired girl with excellent posture, do?
46. Which of these is NOT one of Mr. Ross's new rules?
47. What position did Brian Ammon have in the football team?
48. What did Ben Ross write in large letters across the blackboard (chapter V)?
49. What’s the name of Laurie’s mom?
50. What did David hope to study?
51. In what grad was David when he noticed Laurie for the first time?
52. What was the name of the football team coach?
53. Give one of the three mottos of The Wave.
54. What’s the name of the Principal?
55. What role did Robert play in the organization?
56. What was Laurie supposed to do in order to go up the stands (chapter XIII)?
57. What was painted on Laurie’s locker (chapter XV)?
58. What was the original idea of the experiment?
59. Why do Ben and Laurie go to Mr Ross’s house (chapter XV)?
60. What time was the final rally?
ESSAY (Due for May 24th 2023, date to be determined later)
Write an essay in 140-190 words on ONE of the following questions. Do this exercise by
yourself, if you asked for any help and I see it, you will fail this test.
1. Discuss the role of organization in The Wave

2. Why doesn’t Strasser specify what city or region The Wave occurs in?
3. Discuss the role of sports in the novel
4. How does Mr. Ross manipulate his students into accepting The Wave? Why are they so
enthusiastic about it?
5. Compare and contrast Laurie’s and David’s reactions to The Wave
6. What are the pros and cons of The Wave?
7. How does The Wave change Mr. Ross’s personality? Does it make him a better teacher
or a worse one?
8. What is the difference between adults and teenagers in the novel? Are teenagers more
vulnerable to The Wave because they are young?
9. Why is Laurie successful in standing up to The Wave?
10. Was The Wave successful? If so, why doesn’t Mr. Ross want to repeat it next year?

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THE WAVE by Todd Strasser

QUESTIONS (Test on April 10th 2023)

Answer these questions while you’re reading the book.

1. Who appears on the screen at The Wave meeting?

1. Discuss the role of organization in The Wave

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