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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Kenny see what Byron is doing in the locked bathroom?
(a) He hides in the shower.
(b) He looks through the keyhole.
(c) He hides in the linen closet.
(d) He peeks under the door.

2. Where do the Watsons live at the beginning of the book?
(a) Flint.
(b) Farmington.
(c) Franks.
(d) Fulton.

3. Why is Kenny so grateful when Southern boys start coming to school?
(a) They can be new friends.
(b) They take the attention off Kenny.
(c) They are nice and wealthy.
(d) They can tell him about the south.

4. What is the name of Byron's friend in Chapter 1?
(a) Buphead.
(b) Boorface.
(c) Byfoot.
(d) Baleg.

5. What does Byron do to his hair in Chapter 7?
(a) Dies it.
(b) Bleaches it.
(c) Shaves it.
(d) Straightens it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Kenny stop being friends with the boy he used to play with before the new kid moved in?

2. How does Kenny feel when Byron hits the bird on the phone wire?

3. What is Joetta's nickname?

4. Who does not allow Momma to punish Byron?

5. Why does Byron say southern people get colder faster than northern people?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Kenny describe the social hierarchy at Clark Elementary School?

2. How does Kenny try to help Rufus stay warm in the winter?

3. What does Byron do after accidentally killing the bird on the phone wire?

4. Why did Kenny stop playing with LJ?

5. What does Kenny see Byron doing in the locked bathroom?

6. What does Momma do when she realizes what Byron is doing in the locked bathroom?

7. What does Momma threaten to do to Byron if he plays with fire again, and why?

8. What does Kenny like to watch his father do in the mornings, and why?

9. Why does Kenny say he is the kind of kid who gets teased?

10. What happens when Kenny asks to sign the welfare list to pay for his groceries?

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