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The Watsons Go To Birmingham Vocabulary

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which word means “at the top of”?

a)

Peon

b)

Pinnacle

c)

Pan

d)

Pomade

2.

A backup or support would be called a

a)

Pervasive

b)

Raggedy

c)

Reinforcement

d)

Picketing

3.

During the Civil Rights movement, the Jim Crow Laws were established to ensure that blacks and whites were

a)

Strangling

b)

Pinnacled

c)

Segregated

d)

Slew

4.

The condition of being spread out or scattered

a)

peninsula

b)

gather

c)

dispersal

d)

crowd

5.

To bully or threaten

a)

Protect

b)

Surprise someone

c)

Intimidate

d)

Bystander

6.

To shake rapidly or tremble

a)

Flutter

b)

Vittles

c)

Flypaper

d)

Tremble

7.

Change

a)

incapable

b)

vittles'

c)

pinnacle

d)

amended

8.

Encourage someone or something

a)

Conscience

b)

Assure

c)

Boycott

d)

Bully

9.

Listening secretly

a)

Eavesdropping

b)

Emulate

c)

Enhance

d)

Executioner

10.

Grinding of teeth, as in anger

a)

Grapevine

b)

Executioner

c)

Gnashing

d)

Enhance

11.

Randomly or by chance

a)

Unfriendly

b)

Hypnotized

c)

Incapable

d)

Haphazardly

12.

Not able to complete a task

a)

in a trancelike state

b)

informal, fast, rapid chatter

c)

Incapable

d)

peak; highest point

13.

To anger; instigate

a)

Pinnacle

b)

Provoke

c)

Prohibited

d)

Quest

14.
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.
15.

How did the mood change during the last three chapters?

a)

It went from sad in the beginning of the book, to happy at the end.

b)

It went from serious in the beginning of the book, to scary at the end.

c)

It went from funny in the beginning of the book, to serious at the end.

d)

It went from tragic in the beginning of the book, to even more serious at the end.

16.
What do the Watson's have a hard time getting used to in Alabama?
a)
It is too dark.
b)
It is too noisy.
c)
It is too quite.
d)
It is too hot.
17.
The book is written from the eyes of which character?
a)
Byron
b)
Joey
c)
Kenny
d)
Grandma Sands
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.

What is the genre of The Watsons Go to Birmingham?

a)

Drama

b)

Historical Fiction

c)

Nonfiction

d)

Science Fiction

20.

The setting of the novel is-

a)

present day times, in various parts of the South

b)

in the future and throughout Alabama

c)

during the past - Flint, Michigan and Birmingham, Alabama

d)

during the distant past in Mississippi

21.

How did the author show us the time period and culture?

a)

Flashback

b)

Allusions

c)

Character traits

d)

Narrative Elements

22.

Kenny is the

a)

static character in the novel

b)

dynamic character in the novel

c)

flat character in the novel

d)

round character in the novel

23.

Buphead is the

a)

Flat character in the novel

b)

Round character in the novel

24.

Joetta is the

a)

round character in the novel

b)

flat character in the novel

25.

How does an author develop a mood in a novel

a)

word choice

b)

flashback