Watsons Go to Birmingham: Chapters 1-5

What happens after Kenny reads for his brother Byron's class?  (Hint - he is happily surprised.)

• Byron doesn't make fun of Kenny
• Byron tells his friends to beat up his little brother
• Byron tells his brother Kenny how proud he is of him
• Byron ignores his brother Kenny for the rest of the week at school

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What did Kenny do that caused his new friends Rufus and Cody to stop playing with him?

• Kenny made fun of their accents
• Kenny told them he didn't want to be their friend
• Kenny laughed when another boy made fun of Rufus on the bus
• Kenny told Rufus he couldn't be friends with someone from the South

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How does Byron teach Kenny to talk to people so they don't stare at his (Kenny's) lazy eye?

• He tells Kenny to talk with his eyes closed
• He tells Kenny to stand sideways and look at people without turning his head
• He tells Kenny to blink really fast when he talks
• He tells him to yell at people so they won't notice his eye

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How does Byron get his lips stuck to the car's mirror?

• He is kissing his own reflection
• Kenny trips him and knocks him into the mirror
• Kenny and Byron are playing around and Byron trips
• The car starts rolling backward into Byron's face

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What is the figurative language in the following passage?
"He was as stuck as a fly on flypaper!"

• Personification
• Metaphor
• Simile
• Sensory Details

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What is the definition to the term Hostile?

• excessive amusement
• to predict the future
• unfriendly, opposed to something
• to be grateful

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What is the definition to the term Forecast?

• unfriendly; opposed to something
• excessive amusement
• recognize with gratitude
• to predict a future occurrence

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What is the definition of the term Hilarious?

• excessive amusement
• recognize with gratitude
• unfriendly; opposed to something
• to predict a future occurrence

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What are the 2 reasons that the main character get picked on at school?

• He is small for his age, and he has a lazy eye
• He has a weird accent, and he is small for his age
• He's older brother is a bully, and he is a very good reader
• he has a lazy eye, and he is a very good reader

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What 2 things are "wrong" - according to Kenny - with his new friend Rufus?

• The way he talks (his accent) and his clothes
• He also has a lazy eye like Kenny, and he talks funny (accent)
• He is from the South and people don't like that, and his clothes are bad
• He doesn't talk to anyone, and he is a lot older than the other kids

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