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- 1. Multiple Choice
The novel is set in-
Mobile, Alabama
Flint, Michigan
Branson, Missouri
Atlanta, Georgia
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which one of the following best describes Daniel Watson?
quiet and reserved
prideful and arrogant
quirky and insightful
playful and humorous
- 3. Multiple Choice
What do the Watsons call their car?
The Green Hornet
The Watson's Wagon
The Brown Bomber
The Big Hooptie
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which of the following best describes how Byron treats Kenneth most of the time?
Byron is over protective of Kenneth
Byron is always making excuses for Kenneth's behavior
Byron is always playful with Kenneth
Byron is mean to Kenneth and bullies him
- 5. Multiple Choice
Who is Buphead?
Byron's friend
Kenneth's friend
the family dog
the mailman
- 6. Multiple Choice
Byron's mouth was frozen on the mirror! He was as stuck as a fly on flypaper!
The simile in this passage compares Byron to a fly. Why is this simile effective?
It allows the reader to picture a fly being stuck on fly paper and provides a humorous similarity to Byron's situation.
It allows the reader to feel like a fly being stuck on flypaper and to know just how Byron feels.
It enhances the setting of the story by describing that a fly is near Byron.
It convinces the reader to feel sympathetic for Byron because most readers know what it feels like to be stuck like a fly on flypaper.
- 7. Multiple Choice
The fly was still stuck and buzzing. "Oh, Mom-ma! Hel' me! Geh me offa 'ere!"
In this passage, the simile has now become which type of figurative language?
an idiom
a metaphor
personification
hyperbole
- 8. Multiple Choice
What point of view is used to tell this story?
first person from Byron's point of view
first person Kenneth's point of view
third person limited
third person omniscient
- 9. Multiple Choice
Rufus has a brother named-
LJ
Cody
Sam
Luke
- 10. Multiple Choice
What does Kenneth sometimes do to cover up his lazy eye?
He looks at people sideways.
He wears a patch.
He blinks a lot.
He makes his other eye look weak.
- 11. Multiple Choice
What can the reader infer about Rufus and his brother?
They don't get along well with each other.
They are really good baseball players.
Their family does not have a lot of money.
They can't stand Kenneth.
- 12. Multiple Choice
The way that Kenneth reacts when he hurts Rufus' feelings shows that Kenny is-
remorseful and kind hearted
courageous and independent
understanding and generous
unforgiving and spiteful
- 13. Multiple Choice
Joey usually looked like a little zombie while I peeled the coats and jackets off of her.
What type of figurative language is used in this passage?
idiom
hyperbole
metaphor
simile
- 14. Multiple Choice
What tall tale does Byron tell Kenneth and Joey about the garbage trucks?
that they recycle the garbage into food
that they pick up dead frozen people
that they run little kids who don't do their homework
that they have spies in them who look for bullies
- 15. Multiple Choice
Larry Dunn can best be described as-
a comedian
an athlete
a bully
a musician
- 16. Multiple Choice
What is a Super Maytag?
a washing machine that Byron puts Kenneth inside
a cruel way to put snow all over someone's face
a cruel way to play tag
a giant crossword puzzle
- 17. Multiple Choice
What does Byron do to Kenneth when he doesn't think that Kenneth hit Larry Dunn hard enough?
Byron punches Larry in the face.
Byron starts calling Kenneth a "sissy" in front of everyone.
Byron allows Larry to go home.
Byron punches Kenneth in the stomach.
- 18. Multiple Choice
How did Mrs. Watson plan to teach Byron a lesson for playing Nazi parachute in the bathroom?
She planned to ground him for a month.
She planned to burn his fingers.
She planned to run over his foot with the car.
She planned to put him in a tub of ice.
- 19. Multiple Choice
Who was most afraid for Byron when his mom was so mad at him?
Joey
Kenneth
Buphead
Mr. Watson
- 20. Multiple Choice
She thought she missed, though 'cause she stood there huffing and puffing and patoohing at the match even after it went out.
What literary device is used in this passage?
simile
metaphor
onomatopoeia
alliteration
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