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

2. In what state is the second break of the road trip taken in?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) Tennessee.
(c) Ohio.
(d) Indiana.

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

4. What once tried to drown the hunting dog?
(a) A badger.
(b) A deer.
(c) A fox.
(d) A racoon.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the C.O.R.E. stand for?

2. Who did Dad tell about his plan to drive through the night?

3. What is Momma mad about when she sees Dad drove straight through the entire trip?

4. How many children died in the church bombing in Birmingham?

5. Why can't Grandma's gentleman friend hunt anymore?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is true about the church bombing in this book?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What has Dad planned for the trip despite Momma's intense research?

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