The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963

This flexible-use quiz is designed for reading comprehension assessment and activity needs in classroom, home-schooling and other settings. Questions connect to the text’s plot, characters, and themes — and align with the content and chapter organization in the rest of this study guide. Use quizzes as pre-reading hooks, reading checks, discussion starters, entrance/exit “tickets,” small group activities, writing activities, and lessons on finding evidence and support in a text.

Depth of Knowledge Levels: Questions require respondents to demonstrate ability to: 

1. Recall and Understand Content (e.g., who, what, where, when) 
2. Apply and Analyze Ideas (e.g., how and why)

1. Kenny notes that neighbors call his family “the Weird Watsons” in relation to which of the following scenes during the winter in Flint?

A) They huddle together under a blanket.

B) They debate what to do for Byron.

C) They plan a trip to Birmingham.

D) They convince Kenny to read aloud.

2. Byron is considered a “god” at Clark Elementary due to what characteristic?

A) his age

B) his best friend

C) his hair

D) his clothes

3. In which of the following situations does Momma intervene to improve things for Kenny?

A) his performance struggles in Miss Henry’s class

B) his trouble with LJ and the dinosaurs

C) his mistake in treating