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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. Where does Joey sleep in the car?
(a) Across the back seat.
(b) On the floor in the back.
(c) On Momma's lap.
(d) In the trunk.

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

3. What does Dad call the family when they all wake up in the car in Chapter 11?
(a) Southerners.
(b) Zombies.
(c) Sleepy heads.
(d) Silly Northerners

4. What is Momma happy about when she sees Dad has driven straight through the entire trip?
(a) The trip was shorter.
(b) She gets to see her mother sooner.
(c) They saved money.
(d) They still have food to give her mother.

5. Who saves Kenny from the dangerous part of the lake?
(a) Dad.
(b) A stranger.
(c) Byron.
(d) Mr. Robert.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Joey leave the church before the big boom?

2. How long is the road trip supposed to take?

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

4. Why did the Watsons leave Alabama the night of the bombing?

5. What does Byron show Kenny in the bathroom in Chapter 15?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Dad tell Kenny that Byron needs to go to Alabama for a time?

3. Who is the Wool Pooh?

4. Why does Kenny feel he won a small victory during the car ride in Chapter 9?

5. What caused what Kenny heard in the back yard, and how does he discover this?

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

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

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

9. How does Momma prepare for the trip to Alabama?

10. What was Kenny ashamed about after the bombing?

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