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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 was racial segregation the worst at the time of this book?
(a) The South.
(b) The East.
(c) The West.
(d) The North.

2. Where does Grandma Sands live?
(a) Birmingham.
(b) Tallahassee.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) Nashville.

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

4. What do Byron and Kenny trade off doing while Joey sleeps?
(a) Stroking her back.
(b) Putting her head on their lap.
(c) Pulling their feet up to avoid hitting her.
(d) Plucking her hair.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Watsons have a hard time getting used to in Alabama?

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

3. Why does Kenny want to go to the area of the lake that Grandma warned about?

4. What does Dad call the family when they all wake up in the car in Chapter 11?

5. Why did the Watsons leave Alabama the night of the bombing?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the Wool Pooh?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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