The Watsons Go to Birmingham Ch. 1-6

In chapter 5, what does Byron do that is very dangerous?

• He runs with scissors.

• He yells at his parents.

• He plays with matches.

• He drives a car.

What room does Byron light the matches?

• bathroom

• kitchen

• attic

• bedroom

Kenny notes that "Momma's horrible snake woman voice came out again..." Why does this alarm Kenny?

• He is afraid that a snake might jump out of her.

• He thinks she is possessed.

• Momma doesn't talk like that and her change scares him.

• Momma seems too calm and collected.

What caused the mourning dove to die?

• Kenny threw a stone at it.

• Byron threw a stone at it.

• Byron threw a cookie at it.

• It flew into a window.

Why is Byron embarrassed to go to the grocery store?

• He thinks his family is going to do something odd.

• He wants to steal a box of cookies.

• He thinks his family is on welfare.

• He likes the clerk and he doesn't want her to see him.

How does the reader know that the death of the bird effected Byron?

• Byron threw up.

• Byron started to cry.

• Byron makes a grave for the bird.

• All options are correct.

What is Rufus's nickname?

• Country Corn Flake
• Squirrel Killer
• Country Boy
• Raggedy 

Why did Rufus stop talking to Kenny?

• He stopped talking to him, because Kenny hit him.
• Kenny made up a lie about him.
• Kenny pushed Cody.
• Kenny laughed when they made a joke about Kenny and Cody. 

Who steals Kenny's gloves?

• Byron
• Buphead
• Rufus
• Larry Dunn

When LJ asks Kenny if he wants to go look at Larry Dunn’s fort, Kenny says, ”I knew this was a worm with a hook in it but I bit anyway.” Explain this metaphor. What is the worm? What is the hook?

• He's saying that it's like walking into a trap, with the worm as going to the fort and the hook as LJ's true motives (taking his dinosaurs).

• He's saying that it's like being caught red handed, with the worm being LJ's offer to go to the fort and the hook being Kenny's discovery of his plan to take the dinosaurs.

• He's saying that it's like going fishing, with the worm as the bait and the hook being the method to catch the fish.