A Because she’s tired of driving him
to school.
B
So he can run
errands for the café.
C So he can drive Daddy to his AA
meetings.
D So he’ll have a state issued ID.
2
(p. 4) What does
Kenny feel is his true hardship?
A His family and the café
B His driver’s license
C School
D His dreams
3
(p. 12) What is
at the heart of Mama’s scheme?
A She plans to leave Daddy.
B She wants to buy a bigger café.
C She’s starting a mail order business.
D She wants to make Daddy into a famous
country and western singer.
4
(p. 14) What does
the word
Dallas
symbolize for Kenny?
A Big city traffic
B Major League Football
C Freedom and escape
D The
Texas fashion industry
5
(p.
20) Why does Cindy tell Kenny that William
Ernest Henley would be a good poet for the
“Diversity and the Human Experience” category?
A He was English.
B He was dead.
C He overcame personal tragedy as a
child when he had his leg amputated.
D He knew Robert Louis Stevenson.
6
(p. 31 & 34) What
does the word
Kerrville
symbolize for Kenny?
A Small towns
B
Disaster and
failure
C Poetry
D The Kerrs
7
(p. 35) Where do
Kenny and Daddy go after they
leave Smitty’s Liquors?
A Back to the café
B To
the Smokehuas Sausage Palace
C To the Comfort Emporium
D To the Comfort Junkyard
8
(p. 33) What was
Daddy supposed to be doing
right before he robbed the liquor store?
A
Visiting Maggie
in the hospital
B Working at the lumberyard
C
Singing at the Kerrville Folk Festival
D Working at the café
9
(p. 34) Who came
to get Kenny after his father
was
arrested?
A Jake, the sheriff
B
Mama
C Cindy
D A social worker
10
(p. 41) Where is Cindy taking Kenny?
A To
San Antonio
B To
Dallas
C To
Kerrville
D To the moon
Answers:
1
C
2
A
3
D
4
C
5
C
6
B
7
D
8
C
9
A
10
A
