The Watson's Go to Birmingham

1. It was so cold on Saturday,the Watson's sat huddled together under a blanket on the coach.


2. Momma felt the cold 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 tried to make momma laugh all the time.


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


7. Dad told Kenny,Byron,and Joetta they were lucky not to be the children one of mamma'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. Which of the following was NOT a warning Moses Henderson gave Momma about flint? Because is was so cold, Babies were born with lumpy heads.


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


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


12. The brown bomber was the Watson's' 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 said he was adopted and shouldn't be forced to work for the Watson family.


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


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


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


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


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


20. Kenny could tell mama was worried because she started to talk southern style.


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


22. Pouring hot water 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 that the neighbor's 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 Cyndeys when Kenny paid Byron back for punching him in the forehead and for not doing his share of the work,all of the Watson's except for Byron cracked up.