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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. What street did the church bombing in Birmingham take place?
(a) 16th street.
(b) 18th street.
(c) F street.
(d) A street.

2. Where does Byron sleep on the night before the road trip?
(a) The car.
(b) Momma's room.
(c) Kenny's room.
(d) The couch.

3. How many states do the Watsons drive through before their second break?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 1.

4. What once tried to drown the hunting dog?
(a) A racoon.
(b) A deer.
(c) A fox.
(d) A badger.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Kenny think caused the big boom?

2. Where did the big boom occur?

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

4. What does the author say we might be if we want to?

5. In Chapter 14, what does Joey show Kenny to prove she is alive?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Kenny see when he gets to the church to find Joey?

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

3. What does Momma say she dissapproves of her mother for, and what is Grandma's response?

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

5. Why does Kenny feel he won a small victory during the car ride in Chapter 9?

6. What do Kenny and Byron trade off doing while driving in Chapter 10?

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

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

9. How does Momma prepare for the trip to Alabama?

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

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