Watsons Go to Birmingham 1963- Chapters 4 & 5 Quiz

1. How did Rufus know that Larry Dunn had stolen the gloves in Chapter 4 of The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1963?

• The snow touched by Larry turned black.

• Larry admitted he stole the gloves.

• He saw Larry taking the gloves.

• The gloves were too small for Larry.

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2. In chapter 4 of The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1963, Byron told Kenny and Joey a story about the garbage trucks they saw every morning. What was the story?

• The trucks carried spies and criminals.

• The trucks were actually full of pesky younger children.

• Some of the trucks carried away frozen bodies.

• The trucks were all stolen.

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3. In chapter 4 of the novel The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1963, what did Kenny have to do every day at school?

• Read a book aloud to the class

• Walk home because he missed the bus

• Help Joey out of all her layers of clothing

• Give some of his lunch to Rufus

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4. In chapter 4 of The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1963, why did Kenny only have one pair of his leather gloves?

• He lost a pair on the playground.

• He had to give a pair to his sister to wear.

• He lent one pair to his friend Rufus who did not have any.

• He outgrew one pair before it was cold enough to wear them.

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5. In chapter 4 of The Watsons Go to Birmingham, why was Mrs. Watson always so cold?

• She did not have a coat or gloves to wear.

• The furnace was not working.

• She was homeless and lived outside.

• She was from Alabama where it is much warmer.

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6. What was Byron doing with matches in the bathroom in chapter 5?

• He was pretending to make a movie about Nazi parachuters being thwarted by himself and a flamethrower.

• He was trying to set the house on fire because he was mad at his mother.

• He was lighting cigarettes he had stolen from the grocery store.

• He was setting fire to his plastic toys to see if they would burn or melt.

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7. In chapter 5, who gets the matches that will be used to carry out Byron's punishment?

• Bryon

• Joey

• Wilona

• Kenny

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8. At first, in chapter 5, Joey is vocally against the punishment Wilona intends to apply to Byron. What does Wilona say that gets through to Joey?

• Wilona threatens to tell Joey's father to punish her, Joey.

• Wilona reminds Joey that Wilona is the mother and it is her job to punish Byron.

• Wilona reminds Joey that Wilona has sworn to God that she would do it.

• Wilona tells Joey that she, Wilona, will punish Joey next if she doesn't comply.

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9. What is the main struggle in chapter 5?

• The struggle between a boy and his conscience

• The struggle between the school bully and his victim.

• The struggle between siblings.

• The struggle between parent and child.

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5. How does Wilona try to convince Byron to stop playing with matches near the beginning of chapter 5?

• She tells him about her experience of having her house catch fire as a child.

• She refuses to allow him to leave the house as punishment for his behavior.

• She burns his finger with the same matches he has been using to set fires in the bathroom.

• She burns his favorite toys.

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