The Watson's Go to Birmingham Ch. 1-5

The novel is set in-

• Mobile, Alabama

• Flint, Michigan

• Branson, Missouri

• Atlanta, Georgia

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

Which one of the following best describes Daniel Watson?

• quiet and reserved

• prideful and arrogant

• quirky and insightful

• playful and humorous

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What do the Watsons call their car?

• The Green Hornet

• The Watson's Wagon

• The Brown Bomber

• The Big Hooptie

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

Which of the following best describes how Byron treats Kenneth most of the time?

• Byron is over protective of Kenneth

• Byron is always making excuses for Kenneth's behavior

• Byron is always playful with Kenneth

• Byron is mean to Kenneth and bullies him

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Who is Buphead?

• Byron's friend

• Kenneth's friend

• the family dog

• the mailman

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.1

Byron's mouth was frozen on the mirror! He was as stuck as a fly on flypaper!

The simile in this passage compares Byron to a fly. Why is this simile effective?

• It allows the reader to picture a fly being stuck on fly paper and provides a humorous similarity to Byron's situation.

• It allows the reader to feel like a fly being stuck on flypaper and to know just how Byron feels.

• It enhances the setting of the story by describing that a fly is near Byron.

• It convinces the reader to feel sympathetic for Byron because most readers know what it feels like to be stuck like a fly on flypaper.

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

The fly was still stuck and buzzing. "Oh, Mom-ma! Hel' me! Geh me offa 'ere!"

In this passage, the simile has now become which type of figurative language?

• an idiom

• a metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

What point of view is used to tell this story?

• first person from Byron's point of view

• first person Kenneth's point of view

• third person limited

• third person omniscient

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Rufus has a brother named-

• LJ

• Cody

• Sam

• Luke

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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 does Kenneth sometimes do to cover up his lazy eye?

• He looks at people sideways.

• He wears a patch.

• He blinks a lot.

• He makes his other eye look weak.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3