The Watsons go to Birmingham

Kenny believes the new kids on the bus will be his savior. Why?

• They are going to beat all of the bus bullies up.

• They will take his side and help protect him from the bus bullies.

• They will get made fun of instead of him.

• They will decide to walk to school with Kenny.

Rufus gets upset and starts treating Kenny poorly. Why?

• Kenny stopped bringing him food to eat.

• Kenny laughed when Rufus got made fun of.

• Kenny stole all of his dinosaurs.

• Kenny punched Rufus on the playground one day.

Kenny always shares his lunch with Rufus and Cody. Soon, his mother starts sending extra food for the other boys. Why do you think this is?

• They are really overweight and eat a lot of extra food.

• Kenny's mom is just really nice and wants to help the boys.

• Kenny's mom makes way too much food every day so they have to get rid of it.

• Rufus and Cody are very poor and do not have enough money to eat lunch.

In chapter 6, why is Byron embarrassed to pay for the groceries his mama asks him and Kenny to buy? Why is he mistaken?

• He thought they were on welfare, but they were actually just waiting to pay after payday.

• He thought they were given government handouts but it was actually really good food.

• He thought his family wasn't good enough to get regular food.

• He thought he was too cool to go to the store for his parents.

tolerate

• to agree with

• to take advantage of

• to allow

• to hate

mercy

• kindness

• coolness

• compassion

• craziness

emulate

• to copy

• to steal

• to take part in

• to hate someone

What upsets Joey about the gift Mrs. Davidson gives her?

• it's really ugly

• it is white

• it looks like Kenny

• it has a weird face

Kenny has two encounter with the Wool Pooh. What does the Wool Pooh stand for?

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