Watsons go to Birmingham Chapters 3-4

Jabbering

• to run quickly

• a typer of rubber

• talk slowly and boring

• talk rapidly and excitedly but with little sense

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emulate

• to match or surpass (a person or achievement), typically by imitation.

• a beautiful stone

• to be sick to the stomach

• to use matches

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hypnotized

• to be blinded

• to be mesmerized

• to become excited

• to become a hippie

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orbiting

• to find a treasure

• to move in a straight line

• a really good gum

• to fly or move around in a circle

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version

• an iphone

• to be able to see

• a brand new thing

• other forms of the same type of thing.

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delinquent

• characterized by the way you look

• characterized by a tendency to commit crime, particularly with a younger person

• to deal cards in a game

• to pay your bills on time

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What main conflict later in the novel might the dinosaur war be foreshadowing?

• a fight at the school with Larry

• racial tensions when the Watsons go to Birmingham

• the disagreement mom and dad had about Moses in chapter one

• Kenny's difficulty reading

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Why does Kenny prefer to have dinosaur fights with Rufus instead of his old friend LJ?

• Rufus is more creative and makes it feel like a real war

• LJ moved away and can no longer come over

• Rufus is not a big fan of LJ

• LJ stole many of Kenny's dinosaurs

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Why does Joey seem to be unhappy with Mama?

• She doesn't spend as much time with her as she does with Kenny.

• She yells at everyone often

• She wrapped her up in so many warm garments that take forever to pull off

• She wants to move back to Birmingham

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How does Byron explain to Kenny and Joey the reason for mama making them wear layers of garments?

• people from Birmingham have thin blood and often freeze to death and have to be picked up by dump trucks

• He compares it to traveling to the North Pole

• He explains that mama likes to have bragging rights over daddy in keeping the kids warm

• He tells them to get over it and that mom is just doing her job.

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