The Watsons Go to Birmingham

How does Byron change when the Watsons arrive in Alabama?

• he uses his manners

• he is more polite

• he seems more content

• all of the above

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CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Why did the Watsons leave Alabama on the night of the bombing?

• They did not want Joey to hear about the bombing

• Kenny needed to be home to deal with his feelings of guilt

• Daniel Watson had to return to work

• Joey was too upset about the bombing to stay

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Thinking over the course of the novel, Kenny views Byron with both ______________ and ___________________.

• anger, jealousy

• determination, grief

• fear, admiration

• sadness, pity

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

What did Mama call Michigan?

• a northern paradise

• a giant icebox

• the end of nowhere

• a croweded, unfriendly place

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CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RI.1.1

Where is Mama originally from?

• Birmingham, Alabama

• Nashville, Tennessee

• Flint, Michigan

• New York, New York

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CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

The narrator of the novel is ___________.

• Byron

• Kenny

• Joetta

• Buphead

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

Why did Mama put her hand over her mouth when she thought something was funny?

• She had been raised that it was not proper for a lady to laugh.

• She did not like the sound of her giggle and tried to stop it.

• She had a gap between her front teeth and did not like for it to show.

• She did not like to show her emotions.

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CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

Where was the setting of the story?

• Perth Amboy, New Jersey

• Flint, Michigan

• Detroit, Michigan

• Alabama

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CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Where did mom want to live?

• Bath

• Birmingham

• Basking Ridge

• Bethlehem

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

In Chapter 2, the narrator calls Larry Dunn the king of kindergarten to fourth grade. What does he call Byron?

• He calls Byron a prince.

• He calls Byron a delinquent.

• He calls Byron a god.

• He calls Byron a clown.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6