The Watsons go to Birmingham - 1963, Chapters 4-10

Who performs a "Maytag Wash" on Kenny?

• Byron
• Joey
• Larry Dunn
• Rufus

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

If Mrs. Watson catches Byron playing with matches, she threatens to

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

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.4

What 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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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.1

What happened to Mrs. Watson to make her go to such extremes to prevent Byron from playing with fire?

• Her family lost their house in a lightning storm.
• Her house caught on fire when she was a child and their clothes smelled like smoke for two years.
• Her mother caught the kitchen on fire.
• Her brothers were firemen.

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

What makes Kenny and Byron think their family is on welfare?

• Joetta told them on the way to school.
• They overheard their parents talking one night.
• Momma sent them to the store to purchase food and she told them to sign for it.
• Mr. Mitchell told them when they were checking out at the grocery store.

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

Why is Dad fixing up the car?

• They are selling the car.
• Their family is moving.
• Dad got a new job.
• They are taking a trip to Alabama.

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

What punishment does Byron eventually receive for lighting the matches?

• Momma burns his finger

• Momma burns his face

• Momma beats him

• Byron has to deal with Dad

What was Byron doing when he got caught playing with matches the second time in chapter 5? 

• He was pretending he was making a movie 
• He was setting paper on fire 
• He was setting the carpet on fire
• Byron was just striking up matches without doing anything else

How did Byron pay for the 2 bags of Swedish Cremes?

• He stole the money.

• He stole the cookies from Mitchell's.

• He signed for them and put them on Momma and Daddy's account.

• He worked a job for the neighbor lady to earn some money.

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

What does Byron do to his hair?

• dyes it blue
• gets a curly perm
• has his named shaved in it
• straightens it

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.4