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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was racial segregation the worst at the time of this book?
(a) The West.
(b) The South.
(c) The East.
(d) The North.

2. Who does Mrs. Davidson love most in the Watson family?
(a) Joey.
(b) Byron.
(c) Kenny.
(d) Momma.

3. What does Byron show Kenny in the bathroom in Chapter 15?
(a) His growing whiskers.
(b) His scar.
(c) His first pimple.
(d) His new hair.

4. Why can't Grandma's gentleman friend hunt anymore?
(a) He is too old.
(b) He can't carry a gun.
(c) He feels to bad for the hunted animals now.
(d) His eyesight is failing.

5. What is Momma mad about when she sees Dad drove straight through the entire trip?
(a) The children are sore.
(b) The car is acting funny.
(c) She didn't have time to freshen up.
(d) Her planning was in vain.

6. What does Byron say hillbillies eat?
(a) Hitchhikers.
(b) Whatever they can find.
(c) Negroes.
(d) Children.

7. What tragic even recently happened at the part of the lake Grandma tells the kids to stay away from?
(a) A little girl was bitten and died.
(b) A girl was murdered and violated.
(c) A family was beaten.
(d) A little boy drowned.

8. Where do Momma and Grandma sit while they catch up in Chapter 12?
(a) The kitchen.
(b) The porch.
(c) The drawing room.
(d) The milking shed.

9. What does Kenny take from the place where the big boom occurred?
(a) A piece of charred wood.
(b) A burned brick.
(c) A ribbon.
(d) A shoe.

10. What does Momma do when Dad starts a silly game when she wakes up?
(a) Plays along.
(b) Asks to drive for a while.
(c) Goes back to sleep.
(d) Laughs.

11. Why does Dad tell Kenny that Byron needs to go South for a while?
(a) To escape the bad influences of Flint.
(b) To get a new perspective on things.
(c) To be properly disciplined.
(d) To learn that he and Momma mean business.

12. What is the safe place a sign points to along the lake?
(a) A public beach.
(b) A diving pond.
(c) A shallow hollow.
(d) Collier's landing.

13. What does Kenny say he is scared of when he gets older?
(a) That he will make bad decisions.
(b) That he will not know who to trust.
(c) That he won't know everything.
(d) That he will be too soft.

14. What do the Watsons have a hard time getting used to in Alabama?
(a) The heat.
(b) The close neighbors.
(c) The humidity.
(d) The bugs.

15. What are the kids upset about at the first stop on their road trip?
(a) There are only outhouses.
(b) The stop is at a tiny shack.
(c) There is a drinking fountain for colored people.
(d) There are no vending machines.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Momma let Grandma know she is there in Chapter 11?

2. Why does Kenny want to go to the area of the lake that Grandma warned about?

3. Why can't the dog hunt anymore?

4. Where is Kenny when he hears the big boom?

5. What is the first chore Grandma gives Byron?

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