Watsons go to Birmingham Chapters 1-5

Where is Flint located?

• Indiana
• Missouri
• Michigan
• Mississippi

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People make fun of Kenny because he has a.___________.

• dinosaur collection
• lazy eye
• funny family
• slight limp

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Why does Kenny think Rufus is his “personal saver”? 

• Rufus and Byron were friends in the past so Kenny already knows him
• Kenny was having trouble in math class and Rufus offered to tutor him
• Rufus asked if they could be best friends the moment they met on the bus.
• Kenny figures that people will pick on Rufus and leave him alone for a while.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

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CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Which of these best summarizes Kenny’s problems at school? 

• His teacher is very difficult to get along with.
• He is bullied in school by the other students including his brother.
• He has trouble with most school subjects.
• He doesn't have anything to eat at lunch.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

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CCSS.RL.8.2

According to Byron, why do garbage trucks have wide back doors?

• Children from the South have thin blood and when they freeze easily the garbage trucks take their frozen bodies.
• To hide the children who are skipping school.
• To take the radioactive dinosaurs away.
  
• To haul away all the garbage that piles up near the school.
  

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.7.1

What did Kenny's mother want to do to Byron when she found out he was playing with matches?

• She wanted to make him learn poetry with Kenny.
• She wanted to ask Larry Dunn to punish him.
• She wanted to burn him with matches so he wouldn't do it again.
• She wanted to shave his head.

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

The book is written from the eyes of which character?

• Byron
• Joey
• Kenny
• Grandma Sands

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

What did Mama call Michigan? 

• a Northern paradise
• the end of nowhere
• a giant icebox
• a crowded, unfriendly place 

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Where was Mama originally from?

• Birmingham, Alabama
• Flint, Michigan
• Nashville, Tennessee
• New York City, New York 

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

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CCSS.RL.3.1

What was Byron called since he turned age thirteen? 

• Young Master Watson
• Country Corn Flake 
• A Punk
• A juvenile delinquent 

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