Before Birmingham
The Watsons Go To Birmingham
Setting/Other
Characters
The Bombing
100

Whose lips were frozen to the car mirror?

Byron

100

What is written on Mama's journal?

The Watsons Go To Birmingham 1963

100

Where do the Watsons live?

Flint, Michigan

100

Who is Cody Fry?

Rufus's brother

100

Why was the church bombed?

Racial violence 

200

Who were the new kids on the bus?

Rufus and Cody

200

How long does Dad drive nonstop?

Almost 18 hours

200

What does Mrs. Davidson give Joetta?

An angel

200

Who is LJ Jones?

The kid who stole Kenny's dinosaurs

200

Why was Joey the only one in the church?

She is the only one who goes to Sunday School

300

Who stood up for Kenny and Rufus when being bullied by Larry?

Byron and Buphead

300

What was Byron's plan throughout the whole ride to Birmingham?

To not speak the whole time

300

What does the family think about the Appalachian Mountains?

The mountains were really scary.

300

Who is Larry Dunn?

Bullies Kenny and Rufus along with other children.

300

Who/what did Kenny see at the scene of the bombing?

The wool-pooh

400

What happened when Momma dresses up Joetta everyday in warm clothes?

Joetta complains but eventually stops when Byron tells her about the "froze up southern folks"

400

Where do they stop at a rest stop?

Ohio

400

What does Kenny's teacher as him to do at Clark Elementary School?

Read to Byron's class

400

What is the Wool-Pooh?

A whirlpool

400

What was in the church that Kenny thought was Joetta's?

A shoe
500
A game where someone is thrown against a fence.
What is "The Great Carp Escape?"
500

What did they use to listen to music on the drive?

The Ultra-Glide

500

What happens at Mitchell's Store?

Byron gets "Free Food" (Swedish Cremes), kills a bird, etc. 

500

Who is Mr. Roberts?

Grandma Sands Boyfriend

500

How did Joetta get home?

She followed "Kenny" home 

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