WorksheetsWatsons Go to Birmingham Quiz Ch. 1-10
Total questions: 32
Worksheet time: 40mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Where do the Watsons live?
a)
Birmingham, Alabama
b)
Flint, Michigan
c)
Atlanta, Georgia
d)
Baltimore, Maryland
2.
Who is narrating the story?
a)
A random guy
b)
Kenny
c)
Byron
d)
Christopher Paul Curtis
3.
Who in the book is called a "teenage juvenile delinquent?"
a)
Byron
b)
Hambone Henderson
c)
Kenny
d)
Joetta
4.
Which is NOT a reason that the Watson's house is cold?
a)
The landlord won't pick up the phone
b)
The Watsons don't have a lot of money
c)
It's below zero outside!
d)
They'd rather save money and all huddle together with blankets!
5.
Who did Momma end up marrying?
a)
Hambone Henderson
b)
Daniel Watson
c)
Moses Henderson
d)
Buphead
6.
At Clarke Elementary, who is the king of the kindergarten to fourth grade?
a)
Larry Dunn
b)
Kenny
c)
Byron
d)
Buphead
7.
What does Kenny find and show Larry Dunn?
a)
a peanut butter sandwich
b)
fifty cents
c)
a quarter
d)
a dollar bill
8.
Why does Mr. Alums have Kenny visit his fifth grade class?
a)
Kenny is in trouble.
b)
He wants to show Kenny what Byron has done.
c)
He wants Kenny to read to his class as a positive example.
d)
He wants to embarrass Kenny.
9.
Rufus hasn’t brought any lunch to school. What does Kenny give him?
a)
a squirrel
b)
nothing
c)
a peanut butter sandwich
d)
pizza
10.
Kenny’s playmate is LJ Jones. What is there about him that Kenny doesn’t
like?
like?
a)
LJ Jones is cruel to Joey.
b)
LJ Jones is a bully.
c)
LJ Jones steals from Kenny.
d)
LJ Jones isn't Kenny's friend; he's Byron's friend.
11.
What did Byron tell Joey about people who froze to death in the winter?
a)
He said that if they froze to death they would be picked up by the garbage truck that collected dead, frozen people.
b)
He said they went to a special place where they thawed out before they were sent to heaven or hell.
c)
He said the city gave the frozen person's family all new winter clothes make sure that no one else in the family froze.
d)
He said they froze because there were not smart enough to stay inside.
12.
What happened to Kenny's good leather gloves?
a)
L.J. took them and sold them to get money for toys.
b)
Larry had stolen them and was wearing them.
c)
Joey used them and lost them.
d)
Kenny traded them to Buphead for protection against another mean boy.
13.
How does Momma say to pay for the food at the store?
a)
Take the nickel jar
b)
Write a check
c)
Sign for it
d)
Use their allowance
14.
Why is the method Momma suggests so embarrassing at first?
a)
They worry the owner will not believe them.
b)
They think it means they are on welfare.
c)
They were saving their allowance for something else.
d)
They hate counting out all of their money.
15.
What does Byron later buy at the store using Momma's method?
a)
Soda
b)
Chips
c)
Cookies
d)
Pizza
16.
Why won't Kenny tattle on Byron for getting things at the store without permission?
a)
He ate some of the things that Byron got.
b)
He wanted to do the same thing.
c)
He loves his brother.
d)
His brother blackmails him.
17.
What kind of bird does Byron see on the phone wire?
a)
Barn owl
b)
Sparrow
c)
Pigeon
d)
Mourning dove
18.
What does Byron do after he sees the bird from the wire is dead?
a)
Shouts and screams
b)
Vomits
c)
Faints
d)
Finds a friend to show the dead bird to.
19.
What does Byron do to his hair in Chapter 7?
a)
Bleaches it
b)
Straightens it
c)
Shaves it
d)
Dies it
20.
What did Dad do about Byron's hair?
a)
Reverses the permanent.
b)
Lets it grow out.
c)
Shaves it.
d)
Washes it.
21.
Why do Mr. and Mrs. Watson think it will be good for Byron to spend some time in Alabama?
a)
The pace of life is faster and will give him more temptations.
b)
The pace of life is slower and will remove some temptations for him.
c)
Byron wants to go spend some time with his Grandma.
d)
They think Grandma needs help from Byron.
22.
Why is Joetta not completely satisfied with the angel that Mrs. Davidson gives her?
a)
The angel is white.
b)
The angel does not have a halo.
c)
The angel has black hair and green eyes.
d)
She needs to bring the angel back to Mrs. Davidson after her trip.
23.
What surprises the Watson family at the rest stop in Tennessee?
a)
The number of stars they can see
b)
It is an outhouse
c)
There are no vending machines
d)
People are camping out there
24.
What does Grandma Sands look like?
a)
She is tall and thin.
b)
She has dark hair and a double chin.
c)
She looks like Mr. Watson.
d)
She is very small and frail.
25.
What does Kenny expect to occur between Byron and Grandma Sands?
a)
Kenny thinks Grandma Sands will keep Byron in line.
b)
Kenny thinks Byron will run away from Grandma Sands.
c)
Kenny thinks Byron will like Grandma Sands and do anything she wants.
d)
Kenny thinks Byron will run all over Grandma Sands and she will not be able to control him.
26.
What is an example of punctual ?
a)
Lee went to school on time
b)
Julia turned in an asigiment one minute after it was due
c)
The apple decided to ripe early
d)
Alexia ate lunch at 3:47
27.
What is an example of incapable
a)
Unable
b)
Mr.Hardin
c)
Distracted
d)
Ms.Werth
28.
Example if emulate
a)
He copied his best friend in the math test .
b)
To eat more pizza than pol
c)
To the stars in the sky
d)
To be scared of clowns
29.
I bolted out the door like a horse leaving the gate for a race.
a)
personification
b)
metaphor
c)
simile
d)
onomatopoeia
30.
I waited a million years for my ride to get to the house.
a)
alliteration
b)
repetition
c)
idiom
d)
hyperbole
31.
A train is a dragon that roars through the dark.
a)
Hyperbole
b)
Metaphor
c)
Simile
d)
Oxymoron
32.
The kite drank the wind and laughed across the sky.
a)
Metaphor
b)
Personification
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Alliteration
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