The Watsons Go to Birmingham Ch. 13-14

Why didn't Grandma want her grandchildren to go to Collier's Landing?

• The water was too deep.

• A child was bitten by a snake there.

• A child had died in a whirlpool there.

• People that went there never returned.

Why was Byron crying and hugging Kenny?

• He loved his brother and almost lost him.

• He felt guilty for what he had done.

• He was scared of Wool Pooh.

• He was upset to be in Birmingham.

Why did Kenny not want to go under the water for a third time?

• The third time is the charm.

• He had a dream about the number 3.

• 3 is an unlucky number.

• In the cartoons, the third time meant death.

What nickname did Kenny have for his brother?

• Joe Cool

• Daddy Cool

• Knuckle Head

• Punk

Byron tried to talk Kenny into going to Collier's Landing. True or False

• True

• False

What did Kenny tell the people that came to pick up Joetta for Sunday School?

• He told them he got up too late to go to Sunday School.

• He told them he didn't really feel like going.

• He told them that he never went to Sunday School.

• He told them that he had a bunch of chores to do.

Kenny noticed what Joetta was wearing and told her she looked nice before she left for Sunday School. True or False.

• True

• False

Where did the bomb explode?

• at the town hall

• at the church

• at the post office

• at the store

Why were Kenny's parents and brother crazy and trying to keep each other away form the pile of rocks?

• They didn't want to see the damage done to the building.

• They were panicking that Joetta was in the explosion.

• They were worried about falling objects.

• They saw that some of their friends were injured.

Kenny thought that the shoe that he took from the bomb site belonged to his sister. True or False?

• True

• False