Plot
Characters
Vocabulary
Character Conflict
Setting
100
What is going to happen if Byron doesn't behave?
He will have to spend the summer with Grandma Sands
100
What is Byron's nickname?
Daddy Cool
100
What is a "peon?"
a Spanish-American day laborer or unskilled farm worker. (servant)
100
Why can't Kenny trust LJ Jones?
He stole all his toy dinosaurs
100
What is the name of the Watson's car?
The Brown Bomber
200
Why do the Watsons go to Birmingham?
Momma wants to see her Momma, and its really cold in Flint, but warm in Birmingham
200
Why does Kenny think that Rufus is going to be his "saver?"
He thinks all the kids will pick on Rufus instead of him.
200
What does "orbit" mean?
the curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star, planet, or moon, esp. a periodic elliptical revolution.
200
How does Byron get his lips stuck to the car window?
He was kissing his reflection
200
Where was the nasty outhouse rest stop?
Ohio
300
Why does Kenny hide behind the couch when he gets back to Flint
He is haunted by the events that happened in Birmingham
300
Why does Momma cover her mouth whenever she laughs or smiles?
She has a gap between her teeth
300
What does "radioactive" mean?
emitting or relating to the emission of ionizing radiation or particles
300
Why does Momma agree to let Dad drive all the way to Birmingham without stopping, ruining her "perfect plan?"
She saves money
300
Why does Grandma Sands tell the Watson kids not to go swimming in Collier's Landing?
A boy drowned in there
400
How did Joey escape the church bombing?
She was out on the porch to cool off when she saw Kenny running and ran after him
400
What does Momma do when she gets mad?
She starts talking Southern
400
What is "pomade?"
a scented ointment applied to the hair or scalp.
400
What does Kenny call Byron to tease him?
Lipless Wonder
400
What type of tree did Kenny lay under near the end of the book?
Magnolia
500
What does Byron tell Joey and Kenny to get them to stop complaining about all the snow gear they have to wear?
That people with Southern blood freeze to death and the garbage truck picks up the dead bodies before anyone notices.
500
What does Kenny think Grandma Sands will look like?
Tall and big, with her mouth foaming like she had rabies, and her cane as large as a tree trunk with lizards and owls living inside
500
What is "flypaper?"
sticky, poison-treated strips of paper that are hung indoors to catch and kill flies.
500
Where does Joey put the angel Mrs. Johnson gave her and why?
Under her socks because she doesn't like it.
500
What highway did the Watsons take all the way from Flint to Birmingham?
I-75
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