Name that Character
This character's parents both left him which lead to him being homeless
Who is Clay?
This is an item that his mother left, that Clay holds dear and sleeps with before leaving the hotel
What is his mother coat?
This is the item that is removed from the homeless park by Police, that Gerald gives food out of
What is a van?
This is the amount of money his mother left for him when she left and did not return
What is twenty eight dollars and three quarters?
This is where Clay originally lives with his parents after his Dad loses his job
What is the homeless hotel?
This character gave Clay soup & reacted in a way that scared Clay - which is why he ran away!
Who is Mrs. Larkin?
This is the kind of soup that Mrs. Larkin gives to Clay before she says she is going to call the police?
What is Pea Soup?
This is the job that Buddy does during the day, that Clay occasionally does with him
What is picking up bottles and cans for money?
Clay writes this word on the wall with his red crayon
What is "stop!"
This is the last place that Clay goes with his Dad before his Dad leaves for good (the same place as one where Buddy explains he had worked)
What is the zoo?
This character has filled 11 notebooks so far by writing about his life
Who is Calvin?
This is the color of the crayon that Clay takes from the hotel to keep with him?
What is red?
This is where Clay fell asleep fast after going to look for his mother at the homeless hotel and not finding her
What is the hotel hallway?
This is where Clay wrote the word with his red crayon when he realizes his mother is no longer living in the hotel at all anymore
What is the stove in Mrs. Larkins?
This is the place in the hotel that Clay's mother told him to avoid, that he enters one of the days he is looking for his mother with Tony
What is the elevator?
This character owns the coffee van and brings food to homeless people
Who is Gerald?
Calvin gave Clay this item at the end of Chapter 5 from a consignment store to wear
What is a large blue sweater?
This is how many books Calvin has written in, telling his whole life story
What is 11 notebooks?
This is what his mother left that he refused to eat even after all the other food was gone because it was his mothers job to cook it
What is a can of soup?
This is where Clay and his mother go to "fill out lots of forms and spend a lot of time waiting" to get help
What is the Social Services office?
This character saw Clay when he went back to the hotel and his father is abusive, scary and lives on the 7th floor
Who is Tony?
This is where Buddy found the shopping bag with the cards in the homeless park
What is the trash can?
This is the name of the place where Clay, Calvin and Buddy went to have Thanksgiving dinner and where Buddy had breakfast one morning
What is the Unitarian Church?
This is what Clay nicknames the woman from Social Services that he is afraid will come ask him questions and take him away - making it hard to find his mother
What is "Miss-You-Can't-Fool-Me"
This is what Calvin & Clay sleep in in the homeless park
What is a crate?