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Watsons Go to Birmingham 1963- Chapters 4 & 5 Quiz
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- 1. Multiple Choice
1. How did Rufus know that Larry Dunn had stolen the gloves in Chapter 4 of The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1963?
The snow touched by Larry turned black.
Larry admitted he stole the gloves.
He saw Larry taking the gloves.
The gloves were too small for Larry.
- 2. Multiple Choice
2. In chapter 4 of The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1963, Byron told Kenny and Joey a story about the garbage trucks they saw every morning. What was the story?
The trucks carried spies and criminals.
The trucks were actually full of pesky younger children.
Some of the trucks carried away frozen bodies.
The trucks were all stolen.
- 3. Multiple Choice
3. In chapter 4 of the novel The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1963, what did Kenny have to do every day at school?
Read a book aloud to the class
Walk home because he missed the bus
Help Joey out of all her layers of clothing
Give some of his lunch to Rufus
- 4. Multiple Choice
4. In chapter 4 of The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1963, why did Kenny only have one pair of his leather gloves?
He lost a pair on the playground.
He had to give a pair to his sister to wear.
He lent one pair to his friend Rufus who did not have any.
He outgrew one pair before it was cold enough to wear them.
- 5. Multiple Choice
5. In chapter 4 of The Watsons Go to Birmingham, why was Mrs. Watson always so cold?
She did not have a coat or gloves to wear.
The furnace was not working.
She was homeless and lived outside.
She was from Alabama where it is much warmer.
- 6. Multiple Choice
6. What was Byron doing with matches in the bathroom in chapter 5?
He was pretending to make a movie about Nazi parachuters being thwarted by himself and a flamethrower.
He was trying to set the house on fire because he was mad at his mother.
He was lighting cigarettes he had stolen from the grocery store.
He was setting fire to his plastic toys to see if they would burn or melt.
- 7. Multiple Choice
7. In chapter 5, who gets the matches that will be used to carry out Byron's punishment?
Bryon
Joey
Wilona
Kenny
- 8. Multiple Choice
8. At first, in chapter 5, Joey is vocally against the punishment Wilona intends to apply to Byron. What does Wilona say that gets through to Joey?
Wilona threatens to tell Joey's father to punish her, Joey.
Wilona reminds Joey that Wilona is the mother and it is her job to punish Byron.
Wilona reminds Joey that Wilona has sworn to God that she would do it.
Wilona tells Joey that she, Wilona, will punish Joey next if she doesn't comply.
- 9. Multiple Choice
9. What is the main struggle in chapter 5?
The struggle between a boy and his conscience
The struggle between the school bully and his victim.
The struggle between siblings.
The struggle between parent and child.
- 10. Multiple Choice
5. How does Wilona try to convince Byron to stop playing with matches near the beginning of chapter 5?
She tells him about her experience of having her house catch fire as a child.
She refuses to allow him to leave the house as punishment for his behavior.
She burns his finger with the same matches he has been using to set fires in the bathroom.
She burns his favorite toys.
- 11. Multiple Choice
How does Byron's dad respond to Byron's new hairstyle?
he says it looks cool
he doesn't notice
he shaves off all Byron's hair
he copies his hairstyle
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhat makes Byron cry in chapter 6?he failed a testhe got groundedhis best friend moved awayhe killed a bird with a cookie
- 13. Multiple Choice
financial assistance given to an individual or family by the government
conscience
welfare
scrunch
fishy
- 14. Multiple Choice
person of low social status
fishy
munching
welfare
peon
- 15. Multiple Choice
eating loudly
conscience
traitor
munching
scrunch
- 16. Multiple Choice
Choose the word that best matches this definition.
Definition: an adolescent who breaks the law or engages in behavior that is considered illegal or inappropriate
convict
juvenile delinquent
outlaw
villain
- 17. Multiple Choice
Choose the word that best matches this definition.
Definition: follow an example, copy or imitate
rival
emulate
compete
identical
- 18. Multiple Choice
Choose the word that best matches this definition.
Definition: to make timid or frighten by threats
shock
intimidate
panic
alarm
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