Chapters 7-15 Watsons

Christopher Paul Curtis, the author, wrote the novel from which character's point of view?

• Daniel Watson

• Wilona Watson

• Byron Watson

• Kenneth Watson

Most of the story takes place in__________

• Birmingham, Alabama

• Nashville, Tennessee

• Flint, Michigan

• Orlando, Florida

Which of the following is NOT true about Byron?

• He is always getting into trouble

• He is in the fourth grade

• His best friend in Buphead

• He is a bully

Why might Momma have wanted to leave the South despite having spent the majority of her life there?

• Black people in the South are more likely to suffer discrimination than black people in the North

• She and Grandma Sands don’t get along

• The weather in the South is too hot

• She has more opportunities to work in the North

Why do the kids at school tease Kenny?

• He is black

• He has a lazy eye

• He is poor

• He is rich

At the Ohio rest stop the Watsons children were amazed to find that____

• They were not allowed to use the “Whites Only” bathroom

• Momma was afraid of driving at night

• The radio stations had changed from Michigan to Ohio

• The toilets were located outside in a separate building

When Kenny was sucked into the whirlpool, what did he see?

• an angel that looked like Joetta

• His parents running to save him

• Everything that happened in his past

• A dog

The danger at Collier's landing was_____

• Quick sand

• A whirlpool

• A cliff

• Very deep water

"What Dad was calling 'just the mountains' were the scariest things I'd ever seen. On every side of use were great big, black hills, and behind these were even bigger, blacker hills, and behind these were the biggest, blackest hills. It looked like someone had crumpled up a pitch-black blanket and dropped the Weird Watsons down into the middle of it.The air didn't seem right either. It made you feel like something bad was going to happen. If this was a movie there would be loud, scary organ music playing right now" (p.145).

What is significant about the setting in this passage, and how does the setting differ from that of Flint?

• The setting in the passage above establishes the mood. The Watsons are quite literally enveloped in menacing shadows and mountains of tension. The setting of Flint establishes a playful and fun mood.

• The setting of the passage above is from California, and the setting of Flint is in Michigan.

• There are mountains in Tennessee and no mountains in Flint. 

• The setting of the passage above hints that the Watsons are lost in the backwoods of Tennessee, and in Flint, the Watsons had familiar surroundings. 

Byron told Joey that the Wool Pooh was_____

• A lie that Grandma Sands made up

• A monster that lurked in Birmingham and lived in trees

• Winnie the Pooh’s evil twin brother

• Something that grownups can’t see