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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. Where does Byron kiss Kenny when he starts to breathe again in Chapter 13?

2. What does Kenny think when they first arrive in the city where Grandma lives?

3. Who does Dad think is responsible for the big boom?

4. What does Byron say hillbillies eat?

5. Who is Wool Pooh?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Kenny think about the lecture Byron gives him after he gets out from behind the couch?

2. What does Momma say she dissapproves of her mother for, and what is Grandma's response?

3. What surprises Kenny about Birmingham when they finally get there?

4. What does Byron seem to like about being in Alabama?

5. What do Kenny and Byron trade off doing while driving in Chapter 10?

6. Who is the Wool Pooh?

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

8. What does Kenny hear after Joey goes to church in Chapter 14, and what does Dad think caused it?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Why did the Watsons decide to make the trek down to Alabama, and how did this trip change the lives of each member of the family?

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