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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 safe place a sign points to along the lake?

2. What caused the big boom?

3. What part of the lake does Grandma say to stay away from?

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

5. In Chapter 14, what does Joey show Kenny to prove she is alive?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What was Kenny ashamed about after the bombing?

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

6. What relieves Momma about Dad ignoring all of her plans for the trip?

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

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

9. In Chapter 11, how does Kenny realize how long they have really been in the car?

10. Who is the Wool Pooh?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

What were some of the forms of foreshadowing used in this book, and how did those moments affect the course of the plot?

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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