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WorksheetsThe Watsons Go to Birmingham
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 23mins
He is a new student at Clark and his family cannot afford to feed him. He very quickly becomes very close with one of the Watson children.
Rufus
Buphead
LJ Jones
Daniel
The youngest Watson child; she attends Sunday school regularly
Cody
Wilona
Joey
Rufus
The World's Biggest Dinosaur Thief.
Larry Dunn
LJ Jones
Buphead
Hambone
According to Mr. Watson, this man would have married Mrs. Watson if he had not intervened.
Hambone
Mr. Robert
Byron
Daniel
He is the younger brother of a more central character, but he is also new to Clark and wears raggedy clothes and has a funny accent.
Larry Dunn
Rufus
Byron
Cody
He stole a pair of leather gloves from one of the Watsons and painted the black using shoe polish.
Daniel
Cody
LJ Jones
Larry Dunn
Main character of the story and the story is entirely told through his/her eyes even though one of them is lazy.
Kenny
Byron
Joey
Wilona
He is the oldest Watson child. His parents decide to send him to live with his grandmother.
Kenny
Larry Dunn
Byron
LJ Jones
He became the closest friend of the Watson children's grandmother after her husband passed away.
Cody
Mr. Robert
Daniel
Hambone
The mother of the Watson family.
Kenny
Joey
Wilona
Mrs. Sands
Best friend of the oldest Watson and he also likes to bully other Clark students.
Buphead
LJ Jones
Byron
Daniel
The father of the Watson family. He is great at providing comedic relief when the family needs it most.
Hambone
Mr. Robert
Cody
Daniel
Grandmother to the Watson family and she still resides in Birmingham, Alabama.
Mr. Robert
Wilona
Joey
Mrs. Sands
What state do the Watsons reside in?
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Alabama
What decade does this story take place in?
1920s
1940s
1960s
1980s
While huddled together for warmth, Mrs. Watson is complaining about the cold in Flint she goes on to describe Birmingham, "the life is slower, the people are friendlier." What is Mr. Watson's counterargument?
Birmingham is too hot and too humid as opposed to the cooler climate in the Mid-West.
Flint is better because they do not have segregated bathrooms.
Birmingham has too many painful memories and neither Mr. nor Mrs. Watson want to be reminded of their troubled past.
Mr. Watson reminds his wife that there are several women who still live in Birmingham that wanted to marry him.
Which of the following is not a common moniker (nickname) for Byron Watson?
Satchmo
Daddy Cool
By
The Lipless Wonder
What nickname have the Watson's neighbors bestowed upon them?
The Funky Family
The Nutty Neighbors
The Local Yokels
The Weird Watsons
What embarrassing event happens to Byron early in the story?
His lips get stuck to the mirror of the Watson family car because he was kissing his reflection.
He rips his pants at school and he has a large hole in his pants the entire school day.
Byron asks a girl to a school dance and she rejects him in front of the entire school during their lunch.
Byron is caught cheating on a test and he is forced to clean the school bathrooms as punishment.
What mythological figure does Mr. Watson compare Byron to?
A Hydra
Narcissus
Thor
A Dragon
The main character of the story claims that there are two reasons why people like to make fun of him. One reason is his lazy eye. What is the other?
He is the captain of the chess club.
His clothes are hand-me-downs so they are far too large for him.
He likes to read so people think he is smart.
He has a really strong speech impediment where he stutters.
Which of the following phrases does Kenny use to describe his mother's peanut butter sancwiches?
Throat choking
Mouth watering
Finger lickin' good
God awful
According to the Watson children, what happens to all the frozen bodies littering the streets of Flint?
The bodies are hauled away by garbage trucks before people wake up.
Paramedics bring warm water to help thaw bodies.
The bodies are wrapped in tauntaun wool and left there to hibernate.
Fireman come to the bodies before the sun rises and hit them with axes which cause the bodies to shatter.
When the dinosaur wars take place, what two sides are the dinosaurs on?
The North and the South
The Nazis and the Americans
The Greeks and the Persians
The Americans and the British
When Kenny describes the new student at Clark, Kenny called him his "personal savior." Why?
He will constantly stick up for Kenny and beat up anyone who threatens him.
He teaches Kenny about Jesus and Kenny will start to attend church regularly.
He is a real smooth talker so Kenny gets to spend more time around his school crush.
He is also an outcast who ends up being a very loyal friend to Kenny.
Kenny and one of the new students quickly become good friends. Which of the following actions put a strain on that friendship?
Kenny laughed when another student was making fun of Rufus' clothes.
LJ Jones developed a crush on one of Kenny's siblings.
Cody has a very foul mouth so naturally Mrs. Watson is not a fan.
The new student is deathly afraid of Byron.
Which of the following characters helps resolve the strain between Kenny and his new friend?
Daniel Watson
Wilona Watson
LJ Jones
Mrs. Sands
How did Mrs. Watson react when Kenny told her that he was sharing his sandwiches with the new students at Clark?
She was furious and forbade Kenny to continue giving the new students food because money doesn't grow on trees.
She immediately invited the entire family over for dinner in order to meet the entire family and send them home with leftovers.
She starts packing extra sandwiches so the new Kenny has plenty to share with the new students.
She only gives Kenny enough food for him to eat so he cannot share his lunch and become friends with a "charity case."
Why is Mrs. Watson so displeased with Byron's new found habit of playing with matches?
Her childhood home had caught fire.
The Watson house is not insured for fires.
She associates this behavior with devil worship.
He has already set fire to the house multiple times.
What was Kenny's favorite song to play on the Ultra-Glide?
"Hound Dog"
"A Boy Named Sue"
"I Want to Hold Your Hand"
"Yakety Yak"
Why does Byron pretty much refuse to go to the grocery store when Mrs. Watson sends him there without money?
Byron is under the impression that the Watsons are on welfare and he does not want to be embarrassed telling the clerk that.
Byron works hard to earn his allowance and he does not want to spend his money on groceries for the entire family.
He is concerned that the clerk will think that he is stealing the groceries.
Byron had plans to hang out with his friends and does not want to be bothered.
What does Byron do after he surprisingly manages to kill a bird?
He continued to throw items at the carcass using it as target practice
He takes a shovel and tries to get the neighborhood cats to eat the body.
He puts the body in a garbage dumpster behind the grocery store.
He buries the carcass and makes a small cross over the burial plot.
What is Mrs. Watson's initial plan on punishing Byron for playing with matches?
She immediately thinks that he needs to be sent to Birmingham.
She gives him a very long list of chores he needs to complete.
She decides that she is going to use the same matches to burn him.
She kicks him out of the house so he has to live with his friends.
Which of the following best describes the relationship between Joey and Byron?
Joey is protective of Byron and will interject when Mr. & Mrs. Watson try to punish him.
Joey strongly encourages her parents to punish Byron so he will straighten up & fly right.
Joey will join in with Kenny & taunt Byron when they know he is already in deep trouble.
Joey looks up to Byron and mimics nearly all of his behaviors: the good and the bad.
Kenny lists three reasons as to why he never actually thought his parents would send Byron to live in Birmingham. Which of the following is NOT one of those reasons?
Alabama was too far away from Flint.
Byron threatened to join the army if he was sent to Alabama
Mr. and Mrs. Watson had made plenty of empty threats regarding Byron
Grandma Sands has a reputation of being very strict.
What event seems to be the final straw for Mr. & Mrs. Watson to send their oldest child to live in Birmingham?
Kenny signing food to his parents grocery account without asking their permission.
Joey's new hobby of lighting ants on fire with magnifying glass.
Byron's decision to change his hair which required the use of chemicals to straighten it.
Byron and Kenny were both found smoking cigarettes.
Mrs. Davidson, one of the Watsons' neighbors, buys a doll for their daughter. What is her reaction to receiving the doll?
She has been afraid of dolls ever since she saw a scary movie about killer dolls and is terrified of the doll.
Mrs. Davidson said it looked like her even though the doll has a white face.
She takes the doll everywhere she goes and demands that it has a separate chair and table setting at dinner.
She did not get much of a chance to play with the doll because it was stolen.
What near-death experience does Kenny survive while in Birmingham?
He nearly perishes in a house fire caused by matches that Byron played with.
He nearly drowns fighting off the powers of a whirlpool.
He is nearly a casualty of a drive by shooting.
He was in a church at the time of the explosion but miraculously survived.
Which of the following professions describes Mr. Watson's job?
Auto Worker
Furniture Store Manager
TV Repairman
Radio Disc Jokey
Which of the Watsons was actually born in Birmingham?
Daniel
Joey
Wilona
Byron
Mrs. Watson is clearly upset that Mr. Watson decided to drive the entire way to Birmingham without stopping. How does he manage to smooth this over with her?
He explains that they will have to spend less time on the road and more in Birmingham!
The Watson children get car sick so limiting the amount of time in the car is a plus.
They managed to save a reasonable amount of money by not stopping at a hotel.
The first hotel they stopped at was haunted, so Mr. Watson opted on not staying.
Mr. Robert claims that his dog had died and he was able to revive it. How did his dog supposedly die?
The dog jumped out a window chasing after a squirrel that invaded Mr. Robert's house.
The dog is not allowed in the house & it was struck by lightning twice in a single storm.
The dog got into a fight with a vicious wolf while Mr. Robert was walking it in the woods.
The dog was drown by a raccoon after the dog had been hunting the same raccoon.
Kenny will ignore numerous warning signs that are signed with the name Joe Collier. Why does Kenny disregard these warnings?
Kenny assumed that Joe Collier was selfish and he wanted the lake all to himself.
Joe Collier was the current governor of Alabama and Kenny did it as a sign of disrespect.
Joe Collier is the main character in Byron's favorite book, so Kenny knew it was a trick.
Although there are several warning signs, Kenny did not notice any of them.
What is the final piece of advice that Byron gives to Kenny in the book in regards to the bombing?
"A word to the wise ain't necessary-it's stupid ones that need the advice."
"That's the way it is and keep on steppin'."
"The best advice I ever got was that knowledge is power and to keep reading."
"It's not bragging if you can back it up."
The final chapter of this book is called "The World-Famous Watson Pet Hospital." Where is the "hospital" located?
Underneath Mr. & Mrs. Watsons bed
In the dog house out back
Behind the living room couch
In the walk-in closet.
