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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Joey sleep in the car?
(a) Across the back seat.
(b) On the floor in the back.
(c) On Momma's lap.
(d) In the trunk.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What caused the big boom?

3. Where are Kenny and Dad when they discuss why Byron must spend some time in the South?

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

5. What does Kenny think when they first arrive in the city where Grandma lives?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is true about the church bombing in this book?

2. What does Byron do after Kenny is saved and is breathing again in Chapter 13?

3. What does Byron seem to like about being in Alabama?

4. What has Dad planned for the trip despite Momma's intense research?

5. How does Joey react when Mrs. Davidson brings her a present, and what does Momma say about this?

6. In Chapter 11, how does Kenny realize how long they have really been in the car?

7. What relieves Momma about Dad ignoring all of her plans for the trip?

8. Why can't Mr. Robert and his dog hunt anymore?

9. What is the first chore Grandma gives Byron, and how does he respond to this?

10. What does the author ask his readers to do at the end of the book?

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