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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. Why does Grandma say to stay away from a certain part of the lake?

2. Where does Byron sleep on the night before the road trip?

3. What does Momma do when Dad starts a silly game when she wakes up?

4. What do Byron and Kenny trade off doing while Joey sleeps?

5. How many children died in the church bombing in Birmingham?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Byron do after Kenny is saved and is breathing again in Chapter 13?

2. What saps the energy out of Kenny in Alabama?

3. How does Joey react when Mrs. Davidson brings her a present, and what does Momma say about this?

4. What caused what Kenny heard in the back yard, and how does he discover this?

5. What does Kenny see when he gets to the church to find Joey?

6. What is the first chore Grandma gives Byron, and how does he respond to this?

7. Why does Dad tell Kenny that Byron needs to go to Alabama for a time?

8. Where does Grandma warn the children not to go, and why?

9. Why does Kenny feel he won a small victory during the car ride in Chapter 9?

10. What bothers the Watson kids so much at their first stop along the road trip?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What kind of social codes were disobeyed in this book, and how did this lack of observance affect the main characters in the book?

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

How is the role of discipline presented in this book, and what are the most successful methods used? How do these methods shape the personality of the characters in the book?

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