Watsons Go to Birmingham Vocab

Question 1

The bus driver wants students to be punctual. If they're even a little late, they have to walk.

Accepted Answer

on time

Question 2

“Instead of trying to intimidate your brother... emulate him and use that mind of yours” (24).

Accepted Answer

to imitate; strive to equal

Question 3

"Hopefully the slower pace in Alabama will help him by removing...those temptations” (123).

Accepted Answer

a strong urge or desire to do something

Question 4

“I’ve pointed out time and again how vital it is that you can read well” (23).

Accepted Answer

necessary; essential

Question 5

“I could figure out why he was being so generous. He’d already eaten a bag and a half” (81).

Accepted Answer

readiness to give

Question 6

“Joey looked like she was hypnotized. Her mouth was open and her eyes were bugging” (54).

Accepted Answer

in a trancelike state

Question 7

“The constitution had been amended after the Civil War to extend rights" to black people (207).

Accepted Answer

to make better or improve; to revise

Question 8

“I eavesdropped [through the key hole and tried to listen]” (128).

Accepted Answer

to listen secretly to a private conversation

Question 9

Byron was bad, and Momma yelled, “I will…send you to a juvenile home!” (74).

Accepted Answer

relating to children or young people

Question 10

He bullies kids and his conscience never bothers him, but he feels sorry for a dead bird (85).

Accepted Answer

knowledge of right and wrong

Question 11

“I have often told you that as Negroes the world is many times a hostile place for us” (23).

Accepted Answer

unfriendly; unkind

Question 12

“You really gonna make me go embarrass myself by signing a welfare list for some groceries?”

Accepted Answer

aid in the form of money or necessities for people in need

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