Watsons 4-9

Momma Watson was born in 

• Michigan
• Alabama
• Cape Cod
• Kentucky 

What does Byron tell Joey and Kenny that the garbage trucks do?

• Break down on the street
• Make loud noises
• Run out of gas
• Pick up the frozen dead people 

What happens to Kenny's gloves?

• Momma puts them on backwards
• Larry Dunn steals them
• Byron steals them
• A dog eats them 

When the main characters struggles against someone or something, it's called:

• Exposition
• Plot
• Conflict
• Hyperbole 

What story did Byron tell Joetta to get her to stop complaining about wearing so many coats?

• That the garbage trucks drive around town picking up all the froze up southern folks that froze up solid during the night.
• She needed to stop all that complaining before Larry Dunn takes her gloves.
• He would teach her how to survive a blizzard using her coat.
• She would have to give up her seat on the bus.

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Why does Mrs. Watson make her children wear so many coats during the winter?

• She believes it is freezing cold outside because she grew up in Alabama where it was much warm.  
• Her father made her wear lots of coats to school.
• To secure their mittens kindergarten style.
• She wanted the children to experience life in Alabama.

In chapter 5, what did Kenny see Byron doing through the peep hole in the bathroom?

• Using the bathroom
• Burning parachutes and dropping them in the toilet.
• Smoking a cigarette.
• Sneaking out the window. 

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What did Mrs. Watson  threaten to do if she caught Byron playing with matches?

• send him to military school.
• ground him for a week.
• make him take a fire safety class.
• burn his fingers.

What does Kenny pretend Byron is after he sees what he did to his hair?

• a deathrow inmate
• a hair stylist
• A Mexican celebrity
• A crazy person

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What big new addition does Dad make to the car in Chapter 8?

• Air conditioning
• Seat warmers
• A record player
• A portable radio