Characters
Which character narrates the story?
Kenny
Name the CITY and STATE where the Watsons live.
Flint, Michigan
Who finally got Byron unstuck from the frozen car mirror?
Momma
What nickname did the Watsons give their car?
Brown Bomber
A major conflict in the story comes from Kenny's confusion about what other person's actions?
Byron
Name the movement that occurred in the 1950's and 1960's when people protested to change unfair laws in the U.S., especially the southern states.
Civil Rights Movement
What is Joey's actual first name?
Joetta
Name the CITY and STATE where Grandma Sands lives.
Birmingham, Alabama
When Kenny goes into the bombed-out church, he takes an object that he thinks belongs to Joey. What is that object?
a shoe
(a "Buster Brown" shoe)
Name the hairstyle that Byron got and that made his parents mad at him.
conk (a.k.a. a do, a butter, a process)
Wool Pooh
What war was fought over the issue of slavery in the U.S. (and ended slavery when the war ended)?
Civil War
Name the three Watson children in order from oldest to youngest.
Byron, Kenny, and Joey
The story begins during what season of 1963?
winter
What does Momma threaten to do after finding Byron playing with matches again?
Burn Byron's finger
Fill in the blank with the name that completes this chapter title:
Give my regards to Clark, ____________.
Poindexter
Kenny feels more serious and grown-up after the Watsons' experience in Birmingham. That change is shown by Kenny giving away what object(s).
toy plastic dinosaurs
What is the name for laws and rules that separate people of different races by keeping some groups out of certain places (like schools, parks, restaurants, hotels, pools, and bathrooms)?
segregation
What is the name of Byron's best friend?
Buphead
The Watsons' road trip passed through all of these states EXCEPT which one?
(a) Alabama
(b) Arkansas
(c) Michigan
(d) Ohio
(e) Tennessee
(b) Arkansas
How many days did the Watsons wait to leave Birmingham after the church bombing?
None. (They left that night.)
Chapter 15 is named after a space behind the Watsons' livingroom couch. Complete the chapter name by filling in BOTH blanks:
The World-Famous Watson ________ _________.
Pet Hospital
After returning from Birmingham, Kenny's own confusion and guilt turn into angry feelings toward what other character?
Joey
Where were racial discrimination and segregation laws worst in the U.S. - north, east, south, or west?
south (or southern states)
What are the first names of Mrs. Watson and Mr. Watson?
Wilona and Daniel
Clark Elementary School
While at a rest stop in Tennessee, Byron scares Kenny (and himself) by describing what dangerous thing?
(a) bombs
(b) garbage trucks
(c) rednecks
(d) snakes
(e) Wool Pooh
(c) rednecks
What insulting superhero name did Kenny give to Byron?
Lipless Wonder
Both Byron and Kenny are excited about hairs growing on their faces, because they think that mustaches and beards are signs of what?
growing up into men
In the summer of 1963, civil rights leaders in Birmingham decided to include what large group of people in protests against racial discrimination and segregation?
children
Name the bully who is known as the "king" of fourth grade at Clark Elementary School.
Larry Dunn
Name the place where Byron saved Kenny from drowning.
Collier's Landing
How does Byron suggest that Kenny could solve the problem of his lazy eye?
Turning sideways when he talked to people.
Name the record-player that Mr. Watson buys for the Brown Bomber car.
Ultra-Glide (or TT AB 700 Ultra-Glide)
chihuahua
The bombing of Birmingham's 16th Street Baptist Church happened on what date?
September 15, 1963
Who does Kenny say is his personal "saver"?
Rufus (or Rufus Fry)
In what state did the Watsons stop at night and become scared by the dark, the tall mountains, and the starry sky?
Tennessee
In what order did Byron, Kenny, and Joey hug Grandma Sands when they first arrived at her house in Birmingham?
Kenny then Joey then Byron
What is the brand name of Joey's shoes (and of the shoe that Kenny finds inside the bombed-out church)?
Buster Brown
Kenny thinks that bullies have a good sense of humor, but that it's not funny to the people they pick on.
Name three people who are the victims of bullies' cruel humor in the story.
Kenny, Larry Dunn, and Rufus (and Cody)
In Chapter 14, a bomb explodes inside a church where Joey was supposed to be at Sunday school. Name the actual Birmingham church that was bombed on September 15, 1963.
16th Street Baptist Church
Name Grandma Sands' "dearest friend."
Mr. Robert
After leaving their home in Flint, the Watsons drive through Michigan's largest city, and they pass Tiger Stadium. Name that city.
Detroit
What two "welfare foods" do Kenny and Byron remember their parents feeding them?
cheese and milk
What is the name of Kenny's favorite song (the record that he plays repeatedly on the Ultra-Glide)?
Yakety Yak
Byron and Kenny both feel upset that their parents had served them "welfare food" in the past, because they think that means what about their family?
They are poor
The men who were charged with bombing the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham all belonged to a group that promoted racial segregation and discrimination. Name that group.
Ku Klux Klan (a.k.a. KKK)
What funny nickname does Dad call the guy in Alabama who Momma dated and almost married long ago?
Hambone Henderson
The Watsons' house has two bedrooms for the three kids. Which Watson child has their own bedroom?
Joey
Kenny nearly drowns after slipping from the drop-off in the water at Collier's Landing. What thing is Kenny trying to reach when he slips?
a turtle
Bobo Brazil and The Sheik are both names of what people?
Professional wresters
Byron shows his good and caring side when he tells made-up stories to try to keep Kenny and Joey safe. What were those two stories about?
Froze-up southern folks loaded in garbage trucks.
AND
Wool Pooh snatching kids in water at Collier's Landing
How many people died inside the 16th Street Baptist Church when it was bombed, AND how many other people died in Birmingham that day because of the bombing?
4 girls inside the bombed church, and 2 boys from the violence in Birmingham afterward
(He complimented Kenny for reading to his class.)
Mr. Alums
What does Grandma Sands' house NOT have inside it? (She believes that it's cleaner to do this business outside.)
bathroom (or toilet)
Mr. Robert claimed to have saved his dog Toddy after it had been drowned by what kind of animal?
raccoon
Kenny finds Byron eating Swedish Cremes and apples in an alley behind what neighborhood store? (Name the store)
Mitchell's (or Mitchell's Store)
The author shows us that Larry Dunn's family is poor, and so is the family of Rufus and Cody Fry. What visible trait shows this for all three boys?
clothing
(Larry Dunn wears a windbreaker and ripped t-shirt in winter and has holes in his shoes; and Rufus and Cody share their blue jeans.)
After the Civil War ended slavery in 1865, some states passed unfair laws to discriminate against black Americans, and those laws lasted until the 1950's and 1960's. What is the nickname for those unfair laws?
Jim Crow (or Jim Crow Laws)