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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 Byron want to go to the lake in Chapter 12?

2. What is Momma mad about when she sees Dad drove straight through the entire trip?

3. Why doesn't Byron sleep in his own room on the night before the road trip?

4. Where is the first stop the Watsons make on their road trip?

5. What is the name of Grandma's gentleman friend?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the author ask his readers to do at the end of the book?

2. What scares the kids when they get out of the car for the second time during the trip?

3. Why can't Mr. Robert and his dog hunt anymore?

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

5. What does Kenny first think when Joey talks to him in his room in Chapter 14?

6. What is true about the church bombing in this book?

7. Who is the Wool Pooh?

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

9. Why does Kenny want to go to Collier's Landing, and how do his siblings react to this?

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 is the Wool Pooh? What significance did this figure have on Kenny's life and his place in the plot?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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