Thursday, November 19, 2009

The Watsons go to Birmingham

1. It was so cold on Saturday, the Watson's 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 of his older brother Byron: he didn't want to touch anyone or be touched.



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 children of mommas old boyfriend named Hambone Henderson.



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



9. Which of the following was not a warning Moses Henderson gave momma about Flin: IT was to cold , babies were born with lumpy heads



10. Momma said life in Birmingham , even though it was not perfect , was slower and the people are more honest about the way they felt.



11. Since they couldn't contact their landlord about their cold apartment , the Watson's planned to spend the night with Aunt Cyndey.



12. The Brown Bomber was the Watson's 1948 Ply mouth



13. Byron and Kenny were not happy when their dad ordered them to scraped the ice off the car windows.



14. Kenny was agitated because Byron was not doing his share of 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 discoverd that Byrons moth was frozen onto the the outside mirror.

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

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

20. Kenny could tell Momma was worried because she started talking southern style .

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 of them crying standing around the car in freezing temperatures ,Kenny thought it was no wonder the neighbors called them the Weird Watson's.

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 forhead and not doing his share of his work , all the Watson's cracked up.

1 comment:

Editor said...

Akira-
You didn't put periods at the end of any of the sentences in the quiz!

You also need to put a space after commas, not before.

"Dad told Kenny, Byron, and Joetta they were lucky not to be children of mommas old boyfriend named Hambone Henderson."

25/25 = reading comprehension

Mr. Enders