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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the Epilogue talk about?
(a) African American culture.
(b) The true bombing.
(c) Civil rights.
(d) Discrimination.

3. What is the hunting dog's name?
(a) Thomas.
(b) Toby.
(c) Toddy.
(d) Tibbets.

4. What does Momma want the family to do during their road trip?
(a) Stay happy.
(b) See the country.
(c) Bond.
(d) Learn something.

5. Where do Momma and Grandma sit while they catch up in Chapter 12?
(a) The kitchen.
(b) The drawing room.
(c) The porch.
(d) The milking shed.

6. In Chapter 14, what does Joey show Kenny to prove she is alive?
(a) Her ruined dress.
(b) A drop of her blood.
(c) Both of her shoes.
(d) Her ribbon.

7. What does Byron seem to enjoy about being at Grandma's house?
(a) He can make Momma proud.
(b) His friends are not there.
(c) He is treated like a man.
(d) He has no reputation there.

8. Why doesn't Byron sleep in his own room on the night before the road trip?
(a) He is scared.
(b) He is excited for the trip.
(c) He threatened to run away.
(d) His room is bare and empty.

9. What is Momma happy about when she sees Dad has driven straight through the entire trip?
(a) They saved money.
(b) The trip was shorter.
(c) She gets to see her mother sooner.
(d) They still have food to give her mother.

10. Why did the Watsons leave Alabama the night of the bombing?
(a) They didn't want Joey to hear about the bombing.
(b) They were worried about Kenny.
(c) They thought Byron would get bad ideas.
(d) Dad wanted to get back to work.

11. Why can't the dog hunt anymore?
(a) He lost his voice.
(b) His sense of scent is failing.
(c) He is too old.
(d) His eyesight is failing.

12. Why did Joey leave the church before the big boom?
(a) She got hungry.
(b) She left her Bible on her bed.
(c) She saw Kenny waving to her.
(d) She felt uneasy.

13. Where does Grandma Sands live?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) Birmingham.
(c) Nashville.
(d) Tallahassee.

14. Who saves Kenny from the dangerous part of the lake?
(a) Dad.
(b) A stranger.
(c) Mr. Robert.
(d) Byron.

15. What kind of house did Kenny think Grandma lived in?
(a) A regular house.
(b) A shack.
(c) A group home.
(d) A log house.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Kenny when he hears the big boom?

2. What does Byron say hillbillies eat?

3. Where does Kenny hide at his house in Chapter 15?

4. What is the name of Grandma's gentleman friend?

5. What shocks Kenny about Byron when they get to Grandma's house?

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