Watsons Go to Birmingham

"Enjoy your Mexican-style hair while you can, 'cause when your daddy gets through with you, you won't be enjoying much of anything."

Is this an example of internal or external conflict?

• Internal Conflict

• External Conflict

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.1.3

What can the reader infer about Byron after we learn that he made a little grave for the bird he killed?

• He knows a lot about birds

• He has a softer side to him

• He is afraid of getting into trouble

• He is a static character who stays the same

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CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RF.3.4C

CCSS.RF.4.4C

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CCSS.RL.4.1

Kenny and Byron have a complex relationship. The incident with the bird proved to Kenny that he...

• always knows just what Byron is going to do

• completely understands how mean and spiteful Byron is to him and to others like him

• doesn't completely understand Byron and doesn't know why he does the things he does

• doesn't know if his parents really love Byron

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

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After he gets in trouble with the chemicals in his hair, what metaphor does Byron use to describe Kenny?

• He compares Kenny to a wolf

• He compares Kenny to a chihuahua

• He compares Kenny to a parrot

• He compares Kenny to an inmate

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CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

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CCSS.RL.3.1

From whose point of view is the story told?

• Daniel Watson

• Byron Watson

• Kenny Watson

• Grandma Sands

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Why do the Watsons go to Birmingham?

• To get away from cold weather

• To go to the museum

• To attend Grandma Sands' funeral

• To have Grandma Sands help Byron shape up

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

Which describes the relationship between Kennya nd Byron?

• loving yet turbulent at times

• easy going and friendly

• unsupportive at all times.

• ones sided in the Bryon does not care about Kenny

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.1.3

A piece of figurative language that compares two unlike items using like or as is a:

• simile

• metaphor

• personifiction

• hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.2.3

What type of figurative language is defined as a nonhuman object that takes on human like qualities?

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

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CCSS.RL.5.5

An antonym for hilarious is:

• passionate

• depressing

• overwhelming

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CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

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CCSS.RL.5.4