Setting
Where is Rob living?
Kentucky Star Motel
What is the point of view that this story is being told from?
Third person point of view.
What did Norton and Billy Threemonger do to Rob on the bus?
Grabbed hold of Rob's hair and ground their knuckles into his scalp
Describe Sistine when she got on the bus?
A sharp nose and chin, black eyes, and her voice gravelly and deep.
Why did Rob and his father move to Lister?
Rob's mother passed away
Where is the place that Rob was walking hoping to get lost or eaten by a bear?
In the woods behind the Kentucky Star Motel.
Who is the main character of the story?
Rob
What is what Mr. Nelson, the bus driver, did while Billy and Norton were bothering Rob?
Ignored what was happening
What did Sistine think people in the South were?
ignorant
What did Rob think would bring him good luck?
Kentucky Star Motel sign.
Where is did Rob find the tiger in its cage?
Behind the old Beauchamp gas station building.
Who is taking out their sadness and anger out on Rob?
Rob's father
What is how long it has been since Rob has cried about his mother's death?
He has not cried once
Why was Rob called to the principal's office?
Parents were worried about the rash on his legs.
Who taught Rob how to whittle?
Rob's mom
Where did Rob get bullied by the Threemonger brothers?
Who are the boys that are bullying Rob?
Norton and Billy Threemonger
What did Mr. Nelson do that confused Norton and Billy Threemonger?
Stopped at a new bus stop.
What does Rob do whenever he is starting to feel ANY kind of emotion?
Keeps his feels closed/locked (in a suitcase)
What does the vocab word sullen mean?
gloomy
Where had Rob has seen a picture of the Sistine Chapel before?
In the library of his old school.
Who insulted all of the kids on the bus by saying,"It isn't my fault you don't have good clothes"?
Sistine Bailey
What was Sistine wearing to school when she got onto the school bus?
A pink lacy dress
How did Rob feel when the principal told him he would have to stay home until his rash got better?
He was happy because he knew it wouldn't get better and he had more time with the tiger
What does the vocab work gravelly mean?
hoarse