The Watsons Go to Birmingham

What is the setting of the story in the first chapter?

• Birmingham
• Chicago
• Flint
• New York

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Who was Larry Dunn?

• school teacher
• Kenny's cousin
• school bully
• guy that liked to read poetry

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What does Kenny mean when he says, "I knew God had finally sent me my personal saver!"?

• He found a life preserver.
• By saved Kenny from the bully's attack.
• Kenny found new toys at a garage sale.
• Rufus and Cody wear worn clothing and will be teased more than Kenny.

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Who won the greatest dinosaur war ever?

• LJ
• Rufus
• Kenny
• Byron

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According to Byron, why do garbage trucks have wide back doors?

• to hide children skipping school
• to haul away all of the garbage that piles up at school
• to take the radioactive dinosaurs away
• Children from the south have thin blood and when they freeze easily the garbage trucks pick up their frozen bodies.

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What did Kenny's mother want to do to Byron when she found out that he was playing with matches?

• forgive him
• burn him
• ask Larry Dunn to punish him
• make him learn poetry

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The book is written through the point of view of which character?

• Byron
• Mrs. Watson
• Kenny
• Joetta

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Who is Poindexter?

• Kenny's dog
• Kenny's school
• Kenny's nickname for Joey
• Byron's nickname for Kenny

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What does Byron do to trick Kenny into keeping the secret about the "free food" from Mitchell's?

• shares the Swedish cremes with Kenny
• beats Kenny up
• threatens to hurt Kenny's bird
• calls Larry Dunn to scare Kenny

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What did Byron do after he killed the mourning dove?

• He took it home to show his parents that he did a bad thing.
• He did nothing.
• He buried it and placed a cross on top.
• He made Kenny bury it.

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