Quotes
"Ready, aim, fire!"
Kenny said this multiple times when he was in a difficult situation or more.
"Byron's head was as bald as an eagle"
Kenny was referring Byron´s head as being as bald as an eagle since eagles are very bald.
Joey
Who shaved Byron´s head?
Mr. Watson shaved Byron ´ s head because he got a conk which the Watsons didn´t allow him, so he got punished right when Mr. Watson got home.
What is the place Kenny likes to hide behind when they got back home after the traumatic incident?
The place was a couch because Kenny was traumatized and very upset at what happened, so when he saw the animals going behind the couch and coming back looking all happy, he thought there was magical powers behind it that will cure him.
"Oooh, Kenny, whose shoe is this? What did you do to it?"
Joey said this when she followed kenny back in the house after seeing him wave at her right outside of the church.
"Joey patoohed on the match"
They were referring to Joey patoohing at the match because she was shocked.
Byron
What did Byron do with the bird after he knocked it down?
Byron buried the body and made a grave for it because he felt bad.
What was the place that Byron stayed at for being a trouble maker.
Grandma Stans house in Alabama.
"Lona, maybe there´s two who should be spending the summer down here with their granny"
Grandma Sands said this when Kenny was talking bad about Byron when Grandma Sands asked him if he is good at following directions, which Kenny answered instead in a rude matter.
"Byron's lips screamed when they were stuck to the pole"
The author was being sarcastic that Byron´s lips screamed because he was stuck on the pole crying for help.
Non country music fan, kind, a planner, and a wise money spender.
Mrs. Watson
What happend during the time the church got bombed?
Kenny ran inside the church to look for joey and all because of Kenny, Joey was safe since she saw him run away which made her follow him.
What was the place Mr. Robert took the kids to?
A fishing area
"There just ain´t no way two people folks as ugly as your momma and daddy could give birth to someone as sharp as me!"
Byron said this when he forced Kenny to go and see his beard he was growing and he kept on complimenting himself through the mirror.
"That snake in the grass has got his phone off the hook"
The author is referring this statement to a snake in the grass that go his phone off the hook since it would be a snake.
has a big imagination, loves books, very smart.
Kenny
What happened when the Watsons were driving to Birmingham?
Mr. Watson wanted to drive all the way without sopping as much as Mrs. Watson planned because he felt determination to make it since is friend drove all the way to Texas without stopping.
What was the last rest stop the Watson´s stopped at before they started going to Birmingham fully?
In Tennesee, there was a rest stop they stopped at last.
Byron said this when he showed Kenny his new beard that is starting to grow in the mirror.
"Momma's voice got strange, hissing like a snake"
The author is referring Mrs. Watson´s voice to a snake since she was upset and sounded like a snake hisssing.
has a big sense of humor, a storyteller, and a very cheerful person.
Mr. Watson
What was Kenny getting sucked in by when they went swimming?
A "whirl pooh"
What was the place that Kenny wasn´t supposed to go to?
Collier´s Landing