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The Watsons Go To Birmingham Final TEST

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

All of the following are things Byron did EXCEPT...

a)

save Kenny at Collier's Landing

b)

run into the burning church

c)

give a bird a funeral

d)

check on Kenny when he was hiding behind the couch

2.

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

3.

What is the point of view of the novel?

a)

third person limited

b)

second person

c)

third person omniscient

d)

first person

4.

What is the genre of The Watsons Go to Birmingham?

a)

Drama

b)

Historical Fiction

c)

Nonfiction

d)

Science Fiction

5.

Who is the main character of the story?

a)

Byron

b)

Buphead

c)

Kenny

d)

Grandma Sands

6.

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

7.

Which of the following words best describe Grandma Sands?

a)

soft spoken and gentle

b)

shy and awkward

c)

stubborn and outgoing

d)

stern yet loving

8.

How does Byron change when the Watsons arrive in Alabama?

a)

he uses his manners

b)

he is more polite

c)

he seems more content

d)

all of the above

9.

Why did the Watsons leave Alabama on the night of the bombing?

a)

They did not want Joey to hear about the bombing

b)

Kenny needed to be home to deal with his feelings of guilt

c)

Daniel Watson had to return to work

d)

Joey was too upset about the bombing to stay

10.

True of False? Flint, Michigan has a much colder climate than Birmingham, Alabama?

a)

true

b)

false

11.

Kenneth is the _________________ child.

a)

oldest

b)

youngest

c)

adopted

d)

middle

12.

When Joetta appears at Kenny's bedroom door, he thinks that she is -

a)

helpless

b)

an angel

c)

physically hurt

d)

the wool pooh

13.

All of the following are issues addressed in The Watsons Go to Birmingham except -

a)

religion

b)

family

c)

racial inequality

d)

dealing with grief

14.

What figure of speech is being used..."Some of her hair stuck straight up like porcupine stickers"

a)

metaphor

b)

idiom

c)

hyperbole

d)

simile

15.

Kenny does not like to look in the mirror because:

a)

he is shy

b)

he is ugly

c)

he has a lazy eye

d)

Byron is always using it.

16.

The Wool Pooh is:

a)

Winnie the Pooh's evil twin.

b)

something that Kenny thinks he sees because of his imagination.

c)

something that lives in the lake.

d)

Joetta's stuffed animal.

17.

After Byron's lips froze to the mirror, what did Kenny think he should call him?

a)

Hambone

b)

Superbully

c)

Lipless Wonder

d)

No lips Byron

18.

What is the nickname for Kenny's parents' car?

a)

The Brown Bomber

b)

Old Ironsides.

c)

Black Beauty

d)

Smoky the Bear

19.

Which character is Grandma Sands's dearest friend?

a)

Mr. collier

b)

Mrs. Watson

c)

Mrs. Davidson

d)

Mr. Robert

20.

What does Byron tell Joey that the trash trucks really do each morning?

a)

Pick up the family's recycling

b)

Pick up household materials

c)

Pick up people who froze to death

d)

Give children rides to school

21.

What does Byron do to his hair?

a)

dyes it blue

b)

gets a curly perm

c)

has his name shaved in it

d)

straightens it

22.

Before going fishing, what place does Grandma Sands warn her grandchildren to avoid?

a)

Chandler Lake

b)

Newbolt Square

c)

Collier's Landing

d)

Flint Drive

23.

What happens to the church while Joetta is there?

a)

It catches on fire.

b)

It is bombed.

c)

It has a gas leak.

d)

A storm hits the building.

24.

Who caused the damage at the church?

a)

construction workers who accidentally hit a gas line

b)

men who disagreed with the Civil Rights Movement

c)

someone who accidentally dropped a match

d)

a tornado

25.

Who walks around the church and sees several girls who have been injured?

a)

Kenny

b)

Byron

c)

Daniel

d)

Wilona