The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 (Chapter 7)

What does Kenny mean when he says, "smelled a rat" on page eighty-six?

• Byron was stealing the cheese.

• There was a rat in their house.

• Byron was up to something.

• Momma was up to something.

What does Kenny compare Byron to when they are waiting for daddy to get home?

• porcupine

• a clown

• a chef

• a prisoner

What event is Kenny referring to when he says Byron has been banned from matches?

• Momma's Smokey the Bear story

• Byron's NAZI parachuting movie

• The Greatest Dinosaur War Ever

• The Great Carp Escape

How does Joey treat Byron when she sees what he did to his hair?

• She is angry at him.

• She is protective of him.

• She laughs at him.

• She teases him.

What did it mean if dad started repeating everything you said, according to Kenny?

• He couldn't hear you.

• He wanted you to hear him.

• He was happy.

• He was very angry.

What did the choo-chicka sound imitate in Chapter seven?

• Dad taking off his shoes.

• Dad driving up the driveway.

• Dad cutting Byron's hair.

• Dad sitting down in his chair.

What is the BEST reason Momma and Dad called Grandma Sands at the end of Chapter seven?

• They missed her and wanted to talk to her.

• They wanted to talk with her about Byron.

• They wanted to tell her how cold it was in Flint.

• They wanted to tell her about Kenny's good grades.

To what does Kenny compare Byron's hair on page eighty-seven?

• better

• a tree

• a porcupine

• a rat's nest

Who does Momma compare Byron to on page eighty-eight?

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• John F. Kennedy

• Sylvester the Cat

• Bozo the Clown

Who is the "executioner" Kenny refers to on page ninety-one?

• Momma

• Daddy

• Grandma Sands

• Mrs. Davidson