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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 is the name of the school Kenny attends?

2. Why did Kenny stop being friends with the boy he used to play with before the new kid moved in?

3. What does Dad do about Byron's hair in Chapter 7?

4. How does Kenny feel when he sees the person who stole his gloves getting punished?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Kenny say he is the kind of kid who gets teased?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the family dynamics of the Watson family, and how do these relationships change over the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 2

Sacrifice was a theme that was very prevalent in this book. Who were the characters most affected by this theme, and how did they allow sacrifice to change their lives?

Essay Topic 3

Joetta has a pure and compassionate heart. How does she show this compassion, and in what ways does this compassion of hers change the course of the plot?

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