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WorksheetsWatsons Go to Birmingham: Chapters 1-5
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What happens after Kenny reads for his brother Byron's class? (Hint - he is happily surprised.)
a)
Byron doesn't make fun of Kenny
b)
Byron tells his friends to beat up his little brother
c)
Byron tells his brother Kenny how proud he is of him
d)
Byron ignores his brother Kenny for the rest of the week at school
2.
What did Kenny do that caused his new friends Rufus and Cody to stop playing with him?
a)
Kenny made fun of their accents
b)
Kenny told them he didn't want to be their friend
c)
Kenny laughed when another boy made fun of Rufus on the bus
d)
Kenny told Rufus he couldn't be friends with someone from the South
3.
How does Byron teach Kenny to talk to people so they don't stare at his (Kenny's) lazy eye?
a)
He tells Kenny to talk with his eyes closed
b)
He tells Kenny to stand sideways and look at people without turning his head
c)
He tells Kenny to blink really fast when he talks
d)
He tells him to yell at people so they won't notice his eye
4.
How does Byron get his lips stuck to the car's mirror?
a)
He is kissing his own reflection
b)
Kenny trips him and knocks him into the mirror
c)
Kenny and Byron are playing around and Byron trips
d)
The car starts rolling backward into Byron's face
5.
What is the figurative language in the following passage?
"He was as stuck as a fly on flypaper!"
"He was as stuck as a fly on flypaper!"
a)
Personification
b)
Metaphor
c)
Simile
d)
Sensory Details
6.
What is the definition to the term Hostile?
a)
excessive amusement
b)
to predict the future
c)
unfriendly, opposed to something
d)
to be grateful
7.
What is the definition to the term Forecast?
a)
unfriendly; opposed to something
b)
excessive amusement
c)
recognize with gratitude
d)
to predict a future occurrence
8.
What is the definition of the term Hilarious?
a)
excessive amusement
b)
recognize with gratitude
c)
unfriendly; opposed to something
d)
to predict a future occurrence
9.
What are the 2 reasons that the main character get picked on at school?
a)
He is small for his age, and he has a lazy eye
b)
He has a weird accent, and he is small for his age
c)
He's older brother is a bully, and he is a very good reader
d)
he has a lazy eye, and he is a very good reader
10.
What 2 things are "wrong" - according to Kenny - with his new friend Rufus?
a)
The way he talks (his accent) and his clothes
b)
He also has a lazy eye like Kenny, and he talks funny (accent)
c)
He is from the South and people don't like that, and his clothes are bad
d)
He doesn't talk to anyone, and he is a lot older than the other kids
11.
What type of figurative language is used in the passage below?
"And man, this kid could really talk! He was yakking a mile a minute..."
"And man, this kid could really talk! He was yakking a mile a minute..."
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Personification
d)
Hyperbole
12.
What does Byron say the garbage trucks really do in the mornings?
a)
Shovel the roads
b)
Pick up frozen bodies
c)
Make the world colder
d)
Look for kids without proper coats
13.
Who steals Kenny's gloves?
a)
Larry
b)
Cody
c)
Lenny
d)
Buphead
14.
What is the definition of the term Generate?
a)
to try to imitate or match
b)
to be guilty of something; a young offender
c)
to produce energy; bring into existence
d)
being somewhere at exactly the time decided
15.
What is the definition of the term Delinquent?
a)
to try to imitate or match
b)
to be guilty of something; a young offender
c)
to produce energy; bring into existence
d)
being somewhere at exactly the time decided
16.
What is the definition of the term Emulate?
a)
to try to imitate or match
b)
to be guilty of something; a young offender
c)
to produce energy; bring into existence
d)
being somewhere at exactly the time decided
17.
What is the definition of the term Punctual?
a)
to try to imitate or match
b)
to be guilty of something; a young offender
c)
to produce energy; bring into existence
d)
being somewhere at exactly the time decided
18.
What dangerous item does Byron keep getting caught playing with?
a)
Acid
b)
Knives
c)
Electricity
d)
Fire
19.
Where is Momma originally from in the story?
a)
Flint, Michigan
b)
Birmingham, Alabama
c)
Montgomery, Alabama
d)
Atlanta, Georgia
20.
What is the name of the superhero that Kenny is going to create to tease his brother Byron?
a)
Bullyman
b)
Hambone Junior
c)
The Lipless Wonder
d)
No Lips McGee
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