The Watsons go to Birmingham Review

Kenny is glad Byron is the "school God," because

• Larry Dunn takes all of Kenny's dollar instead of beating him up.

• He likes to play basketball with the big boys

• Without Byron's influence he will be teased more.

• He gets to go to his class and demonstrate his reading skills.

“Peon” means

• A subservient working-class laborer

• A type of bird

• A king or queen

• A juvenile delinquent

Kenny’s character could be described as

• Static

• Dynamic

• Flat

• Translucent

Why might Momma have wanted to leave the South, even though she spent the majority of her life there?

• Black people in the South are subject to more discrimination than in the North

• She and Grandma Sands don’t necessarily get along

• The weather in the South is intolerably hot

• There are more opportunities to work in the North

How might spending time in Alabama help Byron’s attitude improve?

• Grandma Sands is a tough old lady who will keep Byron under control.

• Byron will be separated from Buphead, who is a bad influence and a trouble-maker.

• Byron will get more attention from Grandma Sands because Momma and Daddy have their hands full with Joetta and Kenny and don’t necessarily have the time or patience to raise Byron properly.

• The exposure to racial tension in the South will prepare Byron to exist in a world where he will constantly be discriminated against due to the color of his skin.

At the Ohio rest stop the Watson children were amazed to find that

• They were not allowed to use the “Whites Only” bathroom

• Momma was afraid of driving at night

• The radio stations had changed from Michigan to Ohio

• The toilets were located outside in a separate building

When Kenny was sucked into the whirlpool, what did he see?

• An angel that looked like Joetta

• His parents running to save him

• Everything that had happened in his past

• A dog

What is a simile?

• Giving human like qualities to inanimate objects

• An extreme exaggeration

• Comparing two things using like or as.

Which of the following is an example of a metaphor?

• She always blamed him for bringing her all the way from Alabama to Michigan, a state she called a giant icebox.

• That boy had a head shaped just like a hambone.

• Byron rolled his eyes like he didn't care.

• By, you better get busy or I'm telling Dad.

“One light from the ceiling was still hanging down by a wire, flickering and swinging back and forth, and every once in a while I could see stuff inside.”

The word flickering means:

• Staying on

• Flashing on and off

• Shining

• Floating