Watsons Go to Birmingham - Ch 4-6 Review

Which character was embarrassed that they had to buy groceries by signing a welfare list?

• Mr. Watson

• Kenny

• Byron

• Momma

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.1

Which character said "Byron, you better get out of here, do down to Buphead's until Dad gets home, he's probably gonna whip you, but Momma's really gonna burn you!"

• Larry Dunn

• Joetta

• Momma

• Kenny

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Which character said "Seems to me like you got a real bad memory. Who you think took all that stuff off your little behind all these years? What goes around, goes around."

• Momma

• Byron

• Kenny

• Buphead

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Byron offers Kenny some Swedish Creme cookies because...

• he already had eaten an entire band and a half

• he wanted to me kind since Kenny is his brother

• he didn't want Kenny to tell on him for buy the cookies without permission on their parents account

• he wanted Kenny to throw them at the mourning dove

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.1

Why does the author use improper grammar when the characters in the book are speaking?

• That is how the author speaks

• The author thinks that improper grammar is more exciting

• He wants the characters to sound authentic and the younger characters to actually sound like children

• The author actually does not use any improper grammar

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Why does Byron vomit in the alley behind Mr. Mitchell's grocery store?

• He ate rotten apples with worms in them

• He ate a bag and a half of the Swedish creme cookies

• He was upset the he killed the mourning dove and the guilt made him sick

• Buphead punched him in the stomach

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.1

When the boys were at Mr. Mitchell's store, why does Byron ask Kenny to get in line with food instead of himself?

• He is afraid of Mr. Mitchell

• He was looking at comic books

• He was embarrassed the family was on welfare

• He always made Kenny do all of the work

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.1

In chapter 5 the narrator says "Momma had her hand around his throat like it was a baseball bat"

Why is the author using figurative language?

• To make the reader amused and laugh

• To show the reader what Momma had planned for Byron

• To make the reader think deeply

• To give the reader a vivid visual image of the scene in the story

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

In chapter 5 the narrator says "Momma had her hand around his throat like it was a baseball bat"

What type of figurative language is being used in excerpt?

• Metaphor

• Similie

• Hyerbole

• Alliteration

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

What word means "to overcrowd; to squeeze in; to compress"

• Organize

• Cram

• Drain

• Purge

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CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4