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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) Putting her head on their lap.
(b) Plucking her hair.
(c) Pulling their feet up to avoid hitting her.
(d) Stroking her back.

2. Where does Byron kiss Kenny when he starts to breathe again in Chapter 13?
(a) His head.
(b) His cheeks.
(c) His hands.
(d) His lips.

3. What does Byron say hillbillies eat?
(a) Children.
(b) Hitchhikers.
(c) Negroes.
(d) Whatever they can find.

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

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

6. How does Kenny describe Grandma?
(a) Large and beautiful.
(b) Sweet and old.
(c) Wise and weathered.
(d) Tiny and frail.

7. Why does Kenny want to go to the area of the lake that Grandma warned about?
(a) He has never seen a real bear.
(b) He likes snakes.
(c) He wants adventure.
(d) He would like to meet a hobo.

8. Where was racial segregation the worst at the time of this book?
(a) The North.
(b) The South.
(c) The East.
(d) The West.

9. How many children died in the church bombing in Birmingham?
(a) 5.
(b) 5.
(c) 7.
(d) 4.

10. Where are Kenny and Dad when they discuss why Byron must spend some time in the South?
(a) The car.
(b) The kitchen.
(c) Kenny's room.
(d) The living room.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Joey sleep in the car?

2. How long is the road trip supposed to take?

3. Why can't the dog hunt anymore?

4. Where did the big boom occur?

5. Where does Byron sleep on the night before the road trip?

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