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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Byron and Kenny trade off doing while Joey sleeps?
(a) Plucking her hair.
(b) Putting her head on their lap.
(c) Pulling their feet up to avoid hitting her.
(d) Stroking her back.

2. Who is Wool Pooh?
(a) A vicious neighborhood dog.
(b) Winnie the Pooh's evil twin.
(c) A goblin from an old story.
(d) A family joke.

3. What does Dad say when Byron complains at the first stop on the road trip?
(a) "It is all I can offer."
(b) "You deserve it."
(c) :It is better than nothing."
(d) "You better get used to it."

4. Where did the big boom occur?
(a) The town square.
(b) The church.
(c) The lake.
(d) The school.

5. What is the safe place a sign points to along the lake?
(a) A shallow hollow.
(b) Collier's landing.
(c) A diving pond.
(d) A public beach.

6. Who was most effected by the bombing?
(a) Momma.
(b) Byron.
(c) Kenny.
(d) Joetta.

7. Who does Byron invite to go to the lake with him in Chapter 12?
(a) Momma.
(b) Dad.
(c) Kenny.
(d) Mr. Redding.

8. What part of the lake does Grandma say to stay away from?
(a) Cray's Pier.
(b) Colenel's Point.
(c) Collier's Landing.
(d) Circle Dock.

9. What is the first chore Grandma gives Byron?
(a) To fetch some water.
(b) To feed the chickens.
(c) To go to the store.
(d) To cut some wood.

10. How long is the road trip supposed to take?
(a) 4 days.
(b) 5 days.
(c) 3 days.
(d) 6 days.

11. Why does Byron want to go to the lake in Chapter 12?
(a) To see the spawning fish.
(b) To go swimming.
(c) To go fishing.
(d) To check raccoon traps.

12. What does Byron show Kenny in the bathroom in Chapter 15?
(a) His first pimple.
(b) His new hair.
(c) His growing whiskers.
(d) His scar.

13. Why do the kids all go to the lake in Chapter 13?
(a) To fetch water.
(b) To check beaver traps.
(c) To go swimming.
(d) To go fishing.

14. Why can't Grandma's gentleman friend hunt anymore?
(a) He can't carry a gun.
(b) He feels to bad for the hunted animals now.
(c) He is too old.
(d) His eyesight is failing.

15. What are the kids upset about at the first stop on their road trip?
(a) There are no vending machines.
(b) There are only outhouses.
(c) There is a drinking fountain for colored people.
(d) The stop is at a tiny shack.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kenny take from the place where the big boom occurred?

2. In what state is the second break of the road trip taken in?

3. What street did the church bombing in Birmingham take place?

4. What does Kenny say he is scared of when he gets older?

5. Who slept through the entire disaster after the big boom?

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