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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 pretend Byron is after he sees what he did to his hair in Chapter 7?

2. What does Momma threaten to do if Byron is caught playing with the dangerous item again?

3. Where will Byron stay for the summer?

4. How does Byron feel about what he did to his hair?

5. What day of the week does Dad present the biggest addition to the car?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Dad reveal as the final touch to his repairs on the car?

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

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

5. What does Byron do after accidentally killing the bird on the phone wire?

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

7. How does Kenny tease Byron after seeing his hair?

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

9. Why does Momma bundle up her kids so much when it gets cold?

10. What does Byron say to get Joetta to stop complaining about the warm clothes?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Which character did you relate with the most in this book? Why? How did this character change throughout the book?

Essay Topic 3

Kenny has a somewhat negative view of his intellect. Where does this view come from, and how has this affected his personality and his place in the school?

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