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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) In the trunk.
(b) On Momma's lap.
(c) On the floor in the back.
(d) Across the back seat.

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

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

4. What part of the lake does Grandma say to stay away from?
(a) Circle Dock.
(b) Cray's Pier.
(c) Collier's Landing.
(d) Colenel's Point.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Where do Momma and Grandma sit while they catch up in Chapter 12?

5. What does the C.O.R.E. stand for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Kenny think about the lecture Byron gives him after he gets out from behind the couch?

2. Why does Dad tell Kenny that Byron needs to go to Alabama for a time?

3. What does Kenny hear after Joey goes to church in Chapter 14, and what does Dad think caused it?

4. What was Kenny ashamed about after the bombing?

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

6. What saps the energy out of Kenny in Alabama?

7. What caused what Kenny heard in the back yard, and how does he discover this?

8. Who is the Wool Pooh?

9. What scares the kids when they get out of the car for the second time during the trip?

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

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