The Watsons Go to Birmingham Comprehension Check-In #3

1. What is the point of view of this novel?

• first person
• second person
• third person omniscient
• third person limited

2. What is the genre of The Watsons Go to Birmingham?

• science fiction
• drama
• historical fiction
• nonfiction

3. The protagonist is the main character of a story. Who is the protagonist in this novel?

• Byron
• Kenneth
• Buphead
• Grandma Sands

4. The setting of the novel is ______.

• during the past, in Fling, Michigan and Birmingham, Alabama
• present day times, in various parts of the South
• in the future, throughout Alabama
• during the distant past in Mississippi

5. All of the following words describe Kenneth except _______.

• caring
• soft-hearted
• gullible
• overactive

6. Which of the following describes the overall tone of this novel?

• serious and profound
• humorous and encouraging/moving
• offbeat and factual
• stern and modest

7. Which of the following words best describes Grandma Sands?

• soft spoken and gentle
• shy and awkward
• stubborn yet outgoing
• stern yet loving

8. Which of the following best describes the relationship between Kenneth and Byron?

• loving yet turbulent at times
• easy going and friendly
• unsupportive in all ways
• one-sided in that Byron does not love Kenneth

9. Which of the following describes an external conflict from the novel?

• Kenneth going to the World-Famous Watson Pet Hospital
• Byron's embarrassment of getting his lips frozen to a car mirror
• Byron convincing Kenneth that he played a part in Joey surviving the bombing
• none of these

10. All of the following are things Byron did EXCEPT _______.

• save Kenneth at Collier's Landing
• give a bird a funeral
• tear down a tree house
• check on Kenneth when he was hiding behind the couch