Watsons #1

Which of the following would BEST describe Kenny?

• Determined and serious

• Intelligent and kind

• Bossy and funny

• Bitter and stubborn

A FLASHBACK tells the reader about something that happened earlier in the story or before the story began. Which of the following from the novel was a FLASHBACK?

• Byron helps Kenny get his gloves back.

• Byron gets his lips stuck to the rear-view mirror of the car.

• Kenny stopped playing with L.J. after he kept stealing Kenny’s dinosaurs.

• Rufus is placed in Kenny's class at school.

Which of the following is a FACT rather than an OPINION about Kenny?

• He was just another 4th grade punk.

• He was a real handsome little boy.

• He had been born with a lazy eye.

• He had become too mature to play with toys anymore.

Why did Byron show Kenny what to do so that he wouldn’t appear “cockeyed”?

• By helping Kenny, Byron would prove to Mom and Dad that he could act in a more mature way.

• Byron thought Kenny was becoming interested in girls and should improve his looks.

• Byron was afraid that Junior High boys would bully him if they saw him talking to a cross-eyed little kid.

• Under his tough, cool exterior, Byron had a brotherly affection for Kenny.

Who is Moses Henderson?

• The man Momma almost married instead of Daddy.

• Daddy’s old friend from Alabama.

• The preacher from Kenny’s church

• Kenny’s teacher.

Why is Kenny hesitant to become friends with Rufus?

• Rufus came across as mean at first.

• Kenny thinks he will be picked on even more by other students.

• Rufus is dirty and poor.

• Kenny has a hard time making friends because of his lazy eye.

Who is Larry Dunn?

• Byron’s buddy.

• The King of Clark Elementary School.

• The boy who stole most of Kenny’s toys.

• The bully at the Junior High.

When Kenny plays with his friends L.J. and Rufus, they usually play –

• Americans vs. Nazis.

• Cops vs. Robbers.

• Cowboys vs. Indians

• Pirates vs. Ninjas.

Rufus stopped coming over to play with Kenny when Kenny

• stole some plastic army men from Rufus’s brother Cody.

• told Byron and Buphead that Rufus’s family was on welfare.

• revealed that Rufus couldn’t read.

• laughed when Larry Dunn made fun of Rufus’s clothes.

Which Watsons family member who suffers most from the cold?

• Kenny

• Byron

• Momma

• Joetta