The Watsons Go to Birmingham 9-10

Describe Kenny's father

• serious

• strict

• funny

• strange

Why do the Watsons decide to go to Birmingham?

• Byron was going to live with his grandma

• They wanted to visit family

• It was too cold in Michigan

What type of figurative language is used when comparing being a grown-up to driving a car?

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

According to Kenny’s Dad, what is something that has been going on in the South at this time

• Grandma Sand is sick

• A heat wave

• Tension between different races

What surprises Kenny and Byron about the bathrooms in Ohio?

• They weren't allowed to use the bathrooms

• They didn't want to wait in line

• They were outhouses

Chapter 10's title was: Tangled Up in God’s Beard. Based on the chapter, why might it be named that?

• It was a random title

• The family was trapped by white people

• They were so high up in the mountains they were making a comparison

What did they see in the night sky?

• The moon

• A star explosion

• Aliens

What do Kenny and Byron think the "rednecks" and "hillbillies" (white people) are going to do to them?

• Beat them up

• Hang and eat them

• Ready Aim Fire!

Kenny is staying the summer in Birmingham?

• True

• False

Did you read chapter 9 and 10?

• Yes

• No