Thursday, November 19, 2009

The Watsons go to Birmingham-Chapter 1Quiz

1. It was so cold on Saturday, the Watsons sat huddled together under a blanket on the couch.

2. Momma felt the cold the most because she was from Alabama.

3. Kenny and his family lived in Flint, Michigan.

4. Joetta was Kenny's little sister.

5. According to Kenny, which of the following was not true about his older brother Byron?He tried to make Momma laugh all the time.

6. The weather man said the temperature in Atlanta Georgia would reach the mid-seventies.

7. Dad told Kenny,Byron and Joetta they were lucky not to be the children of one of Momma's old boyfriends named Hambone Henderson.

8. When she was about to laugh, Momma put her hand over her mouth because she had a big gap between her front teeth.

9. The following is not a warning Moses Henderson gave Momma about Flint.It was colder
than the inside of an icebox, and people lived in igloos.

10. Momma said life in Birmingham,even though it was not perfect, was slower, friendlier, and People were more honest about the way they feel.

11. Since they could'nt contact thier landlord about their cold apartment, the Watsons planned to spend the night with Aunt Cydney.

12. The Brown Bomber was the Watsons' 1948 Plymouth.

13. Byron and Kenny were not happy when Dad ordered them to scrape the ice off the car windows.

14. Kenny was agitated because Byron was not doing his share of the work.

15. The night before, Byron and his friend Buphead had given Kenny lessons on how to survive a blizzard.

16. At first Kenny ignored Byron's calls because he thought his brother was playing another trick on him.

17. Kenny discovered that Byron's mouth was frozen to the outside mirror.

18.Kenny's parents were shook up when they heard that Byron was crying.

19. Dad laughed at Byron's predicament because he realized that Byron had been kissing his reflection.

20. Kenny could tell Momma was worried because she started to cry.

21. During Byron's ordeal, Dad kept laughing and making jokes about the situation.

22. Pouring hot water on the mirror was not a good idea.

23. With all five of them crying and standing around a car in freezing temperatures, Kenny thought it was no wonder the neighbors called them the Weird Watsons.

24. Momma freed Byron from his predicament by yanking his head away from the mirror.

25. On the way to aunt Cyndey's when Kenny paid Byron back for punching him in the forehead
and not for doing his share of the work, all the Watsons except for Byron cracked up.

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