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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who tells the family in Chapter 14 that Joey is safe?
(a) Byron.
(b) Grandma.
(c) Joey.
(d) Kenny.

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

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

5. What are the Watson children afraid of when they take their second break of the road trip?
(a) The sound of the owls.
(b) The darkness.
(c) The dense trees.
(d) The mountains.

6. What gift does Mrs. Davidson give her favorite Watson before they leave on their trip?
(a) A book.
(b) A framed picture.
(c) A hair bow.
(d) An angel.

7. Where is Kenny when he hears the big boom?
(a) In his room.
(b) In the back yard.
(c) On the road.
(d) Outside the church.

8. Who slept through the entire disaster after the big boom?
(a) Byron.
(b) Momma.
(c) Mr. Robert.
(d) Grandma.

9. What does Dad call the family when they all wake up in the car in Chapter 11?
(a) Zombies.
(b) Silly Northerners
(c) Southerners.
(d) Sleepy heads.

10. 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.

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

12. What shocks Kenny about Byron when they get to Grandma's house?
(a) He seems happy to be there.
(b) He is rude.
(c) He listens to Grandma.
(d) He doesn't say a word.

13. 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) "You better get used to it."
(d) :It is better than nothing."

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Byron say he would not do during the entire trip?

2. Where was racial segregation the worst at the time of this book?

3. What clue does Kenny see in Chapter 11 that they have been driving longer than planned?

4. How many children died in the church bombing in Birmingham?

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

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