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Worksheets"The Watsons go to Birmingham" Ch. 4-6 Quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Why does Mrs. Watson make her children wear so many coats during the winter?
a)
She likes to see them waddle around.
b)
She thinks the cold will kill them.
c)
She is plain crazy.
d)
The book never says.
2.
When they get to school, Byron has to help Joetta get out of her coats.
a)
True
b)
False
3.
How does Kenny and Rufus know that Larry Dunn for sure stole and was wearing Kenny's gloves?
a)
Larry is almost always the one to steal Kenny's things.
b)
Larry Dunn admitted to stealing the gloves.
c)
The black coloring of "Larry's gloves" was coming off of Kenny's brown gloves.
4.
If she catches Byron playing with matches, Mrs. Watson threatens to
a)
burn his fingers
b)
ground him for a week
c)
send him to military school
d)
make him take a fire safety class
5.
Joey successfully prevented Mrs. Watson from going through with Byron’s punishment.
a)
True
b)
False
6.
Joey keep blowing out the match. How many times in total does Momma try to burn Byron's fingers?
a)
5
b)
4
c)
3
d)
The book never says
7.
Why do Kenny and Byron think their family is now on welfare?
a)
Momma tells them that they need to move
b)
Dad served them "lumpy" milk and made them it "loaf of bread" cheese
c)
Joetta went to Sunday School three times a week
d)
Momma had them go to the store and sign for food rather than using money
8.
“Leave it to Daddy Cool to kill a bird, then give it a funeral. Leave it to Daddy Cool to torture human kids at school all day long and never have his conscience bother him but to feel sorry for a stupid little grayish brown bird.I don‟t know, I really wished I was as smart as some people thought I was, cause some of the time it was real hard to understand what was going on with Byron” (85).
What do you think is going on with Byron?
What do you think is going on with Byron?
a)
Byron is a bully – nothing more and nothing less – and he was only crying because he puked up a bag and a half of Swedish Crème cookies and chunks of green apple.
b)
Who knows. I mean, can anyone really ever understand another human being?
c)
Byron is an emotionally disturbed little boy who does not receive enough positive attention.
d)
Byron really likes mourning doves.
9.
How does Byron kill the morning dove?
a)
By lighting it on fire
b)
By throwing a cookie at it and hitting it in the chest
c)
By getting Kenny to chase it like a cat
10.
Several times throughout the novel, this phrase is repeated, making it a motif (recurring element that has symbolic significance in a story):
(PS: we will talk more about this in the coming chapters)
(PS: we will talk more about this in the coming chapters)
a)
“Cash rules everything around me.”
b)
“I ride in the front, ya dig?”
c)
“Read, aim, fire!"
d)
"Give my regards to Clark, Poindexter."
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