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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kenny say he is scared of when he gets older?
(a) That he will be too soft.
(b) That he won't know everything.
(c) That he will not know who to trust.
(d) That he will make bad decisions.

2. What does Byron do after Kenny starts breathing again after being saved from the lake?
(a) Faints.
(b) Cries.
(c) Laughs.
(d) Hits Kenny.

3. What do the Watsons have a hard time getting used to in Alabama?
(a) The bugs.
(b) The humidity.
(c) The close neighbors.
(d) The heat.

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

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

6. What tragic even recently happened at the part of the lake Grandma tells the kids to stay away from?
(a) A family was beaten.
(b) A girl was murdered and violated.
(c) A little girl was bitten and died.
(d) A little boy drowned.

7. Who refuses to go with Kenny to the ares of the lake Grandma warned about?
(a) Joetta.
(b) Momma.
(c) Byron.
(d) Dad.

8. What does the C.O.R.E. stand for?
(a) Continual Offering for Rights and Equity.
(b) Community of Rights for Everyone.
(c) Common Origins of Races and Elements.
(d) Congress of Racial Equity.

9. Why does Kenny have a hard time sleeping in Alabama?
(a) It is too quiet.
(b) It is too hot.
(c) It is too dark.
(d) It is too noisy.

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

11. Where is the first stop the Watsons make on their road trip?
(a) Missouri.
(b) Michigan.
(c) Indiana.
(d) Ohio.

12. What clue does Kenny see in Chapter 11 that they have been driving longer than planned?
(a) Dad's whiskers are growing.
(b) He needs a shower.
(c) The sun is hotter.
(d) Byron has fuzz on his head.

13. What does Kenny think when they first arrive in the city where Grandma lives?
(a) It is ugly.
(b) It is not what he imagined.
(c) It looks a lot like Flint.
(d) It is so green.

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

15. Who does Joey go to Sunday School with in Alabama?
(a) Grandma.
(b) Some neighbors.
(c) Mr. Robert.
(d) Kenny and Byron.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Dad tell about his plan to drive through the night?

2. What does Dad say when Byron complains at the first stop on the road trip?

3. Why doesn't Byron sleep in his own room on the night before the road trip?

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

5. How does Kenny describe Grandma?

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