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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 is Momma happy about when she sees Dad has driven straight through the entire trip?
(a) She gets to see her mother sooner.
(b) The trip was shorter.
(c) They saved money.
(d) They still have food to give her mother.

2. Who saves Kenny from the dangerous part of the lake?
(a) Dad.
(b) Byron.
(c) Mr. Robert.
(d) A stranger.

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

4. What caused the big boom?
(a) Thunder.
(b) Falling rocks.
(c) A bomb.
(d) A caved in roof.

5. Who does Kenny think caused the big boom?
(a) Wool Pooh.
(b) Escaped slaves.
(c) Angry policemen.
(d) White supremists.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Byron show Kenny in the bathroom in Chapter 15?

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

3. What about Grandma does Momma not approve of?

4. What is Kenny's favorite song?

5. Who does Kenny see as an angel as he is in danger at the area of the lake Grandma warned about?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What surprises Kenny about Birmingham when they finally get there?

3. What does Kenny first think when Joey talks to him in his room in Chapter 14?

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

5. What was Kenny ashamed about after the bombing?

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

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

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

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

10. What bothers the Watson kids so much at their first stop along the road trip?

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