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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. How does the person who steals Kenny's gloves try to hide the fact that they are stolen?

2. What does Dad pretend to be while presenting the biggest addition to the car?

3. How many pairs of gloves does Momma buy for each child every year?

4. Where does Momma send Byron after Momma sees his hair?

5. What is wrong with Kenny's eyes?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Momma do to try to help Byron get his lips off the mirror?

2. What does Kenny see Byron doing in the locked bathroom?

3. What does Kenny say to tease Byron as they drive to Cyndey's house?

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

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

6. Why has Dad been making so many repairs to the car in Chapter 8?

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

8. What does Dad say Momma's old boyfriend said to try to keep her from marrying Dad?

9. What happens when Kenny finds a dollar at school?

10. What does Dad do after seeing what Byron did to his hair?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is Byron able to help Kenny heal from the events that took place at the church in Montgomery? How did Byron's interaction change Kenny's perspective on things?

Essay Topic 2

Where in this plot did violence take a place, and how did these included moments of violence change the characters in the book?

Essay Topic 3

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book. Where are some places this theme appears, and how do the characters touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the book, and what causes these changes?

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