Question 1

Why does Mrs. Watson make her children wear so many coats during the winter?

Accepted Answer

Extreme cold

Answer

They are too skinny

Answer

She thinks they look cute that way.

Answer

She doesn't have enough closet space

Question 2

When the Watson children arrive at school, who helps Joetta get out of her coat?

Accepted Answer

Kenny

Answer

Byron

Answer

her teacher

Answer

her friend

Question 3

What story does Byron tell Joetta to get her to stop complaining about wearing so many coats?

Accepted Answer

People freeze to death and have to be hauled away in garbage trucks.

Answer

People get frost bite from only wearing one coat.

Answer

She looks pretty.

Answer

Mama always wished she had a coat as a little girl.

Question 4

Who performs a "Maytag Wash" on Kenny?

Accepted Answer

Larry

Answer

Joey

Answer

Byron

Answer

Rufus

Question 5

If she catches Byron playing with matches, Mrs. Watson threatens to

Accepted Answer

burn his fingers

Answer

make him take a fire safety class

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ground him for a week

Answer

send him to military school

Question 6

Why does Mrs. Watson go to such extremes to prevent Byron from playing with fire?

Accepted Answer

Her house caught on fire as a child

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He is wasting matches and they don't have enough money to buy more.

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She feels that Byron needs to realize he is getting older and stop playing all of the time.

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She doesn't think it is fair  because Kenny and Joetta do not know how to light matches.

Question 7

How did Joetta finally stop Mrs. Watson from going through with Byron's punishment?

Accepted Answer

She kept blowing the matches out.

Answer

She tackled her mother

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She distracted Mrs. Watson so that Byron could get away.

Answer

She cried

Question 8

What is a metaphor

Accepted Answer

metaphor is a word or phrase that is used to make a comparison between two people, things, animals, or places.

Answer

an action

Answer

an exaggeration

Answer

a bull fighter

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