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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kenny like to do most?

2. Who does Kenny give one of his extra pairs of gloves to?

3. Which of the following is NOT something Dad starts fixing on his car in Chapter 8?

4. What does Momma say to Dad when he gets home after Byron changed his hair?

5. Why does the new kid stop eating lunch with Kenny for a while?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Kenny asks to sign the welfare list to pay for his groceries?

2. How does Kenny try to help Rufus stay warm in the winter?

3. How does Momma soothe Rufus's hurt feelings for Kenny?

4. How does Kenny react to seeing Larry get beat up for stealing Kenny's gloves?

5. What does Kenny like to watch his father do in the mornings, and why?

6. What is the biggest addition Dad makes to the car in Chapter 8?

7. How does Byron react when Kenny comes to his class to read?

8. What does Momma threaten to do to Byron if he plays with fire again, and why?

9. Why did Kenny stop playing with LJ?

10. What are the Watsons doing at the very beginning of the book?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What happened when Byron threw a cookie at the bird? How did this event change Byron, and how did this change affect the other characters in the book?

Essay Topic 2

What are some of the stories Byron told, and how did they affect the characters who heard them?

Essay Topic 3

What were some of the forms of foreshadowing used in this book, and how did those moments affect the course of the plot?

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