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Watsons go to Birmingham

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is Joey's real name?
a)
Joanne
b)
Josephine
c)
Joetta
d)
Joan
2.
Where is Flint located?
a)
Indiana
b)
Missouri
c)
Michigan
d)
Mississippi
3.
People make fun of Kenny because he has a.___________.
a)
dinosaur collection
b)
lazy eye
c)
funny family
d)
slight limp
4.
Why does Kenny think Rufus is his “personal saver”? 
a)
Rufus and Byron were friends in the past so Kenny already knows him
b)
Kenny was having trouble in math class and Rufus offered to tutor him
c)
Rufus asked if they could be best friends the moment they met on the bus.
d)
Kenny figures that people will pick on Rufus and leave him alone for a while.
5.
According to Byron, why do garbage trucks have wide back doors?
a)
Children from the South have thin blood and when they freeze easily the garbage trucks take their frozen bodies.
b)
To hide the children who are skipping school.
c)
To take the radioactive dinosaurs away.
d)
To haul away all the garbage that piles up near the school.
6.
What did Kenny's mother want to do to Byron when she found out he was playing with matches?
a)
She wanted to make him learn poetry with Kenny.
b)
She wanted to ask Larry Dunn to punish him.
c)
She wanted to burn him with matches so he wouldn't do it again.
d)
She wanted to shave his head.
7.
What do they call the Watson's car?
a)
The Brown Bug
b)
The Brown Bomber
c)
The Brown Truck
d)
The Brownie
8.
What is the ultra glide?
a)
Mr. Robert's hunting gun
b)
The name of the Watson's dog
c)
The record player in their car
d)
The kind of bike that Kenny rides.
9.
Byron told Joey that the Wool Pooh was __________________. 
a)
A monster that lurked in Birmingham and lived in the trees
b)
Winnie the Pooh's evil twin brother
c)
Something that grownups can't see
d)
A monster that lurked in Birmingham and lived in the trees 
10.

What adjective describes Byron when he thinks that he is going to have to sign a welfare list for groceries?

a)

proud

b)

angry

c)

afraid

d)

embarrassed

11.

What did Daniel Watson do when he saw Byron's hair?

a)

He punished Byron

b)

He rewarded Byron with $20

c)

He shaved Byron's head

d)

He took Byron to the neighbor's house to show him off

12.

Byron knocks a bird out of the sky with what?

a)

cookie

b)

rock

c)

peanut

d)

shoe

13.

What did Mrs. Davidson give Joey?

a)

a little figurine of an angel

b)

a bag of peppermints

c)

a new record

d)

a book about Alabama

14.

What does being on "welfare" mean?

a)

a government program for poor or unemployed people that helps pay for their food, housing, medical costs

b)

a program where you have to pay for your food, housing and medical costs

c)

a government program where people are treated well and fairly

d)

a type of material that is produced in thin sheets, has a shiny surface, and is used to cover floors and counters

15.
How many Siblings does Kenny have?
a)
2
b)
3
c)
4
d)
5
16.
Why did Byron keep kissing the top of Kenny’s head during chapter 13?
a)
He was afraid that Kenny was trapped in the church.
b)
He realized that Kenny could have actually died in the whirlpool.
c)
He knows Kenny has a headache and is trying to make him feel better.
d)
He is trying to convince Kenny not to tell his parents about the incident.
17.
What or who does Kenny think he sees when he is about to drown?
a)
Winnie the Pooh
b)
Grandma Sands
c)
The Wool Pooh
d)
a police officer
18.

Which of the following best describes the relationship between Kenny and Byron?

a)

unsupportive all the time

b)

easy going and friendly

c)

loving and rough at times

d)

very one sided

19.

All of the following words describe Kenny except-

a)

hyperactive

b)

caring

c)

soft-hearted

d)

gullible

20.
What sounded like a far off thunderstorm to Kenny was actually ___________________. 
a)
Gunshots at Collier's landing
b)
A bomb exploding in Joey's church 
c)
Gunshots at Joey's church 
d)
A bomb exploding in the Birmingham Courthouse 
21.
How did Byron earn his nickname, "lipless wonder?" 
a)
He kissed the dead bird outside Mitchell's
b)
He was dared by Bubphead to kiss a girl
c)
His lips were stuck to the Brown bomber's frozen mirror
d)
He put on Mama Watson's lipstick