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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. Who does Joey go to Sunday School with in Alabama?
2. Where does Grandma Sands live?
3. What are the kids upset about at the first stop on their road trip?
4. What is Momma mad about when she sees Dad drove straight through the entire trip?
5. Where was racial segregation the worst at the time of this book?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Momma say she dissapproves of her mother for, and what is Grandma's response?
2. Why can't Mr. Robert and his dog hunt anymore?
3. What surprises Kenny about Birmingham when they finally get there?
4. What does Byron do after Kenny is saved and is breathing again in Chapter 13?
5. How does Joey react when Mrs. Davidson brings her a present, and what does Momma say about this?
6. What does the author ask his readers to do at the end of the book?
7. What does Kenny first think when Joey talks to him in his room in Chapter 14?
8. Why does Kenny want to go to Collier's Landing, and how do his siblings react to this?
9. What is the first chore Grandma gives Byron, and how does he respond to this?
10. What does Kenny think about the lecture Byron gives him after he gets out from behind the couch?
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
Despair is a theme placed in a number of sensitive places in this plot. What are some of these places, and what role did despair play in this book?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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