Kenny
What is Kenny's Nick name?
Poindexter
What is Byron's best friend's name?
Buphead
Where does the Watson family live at the start of the book?
Flint, Michigan.
another name for the record player
ultra glide
What is Joetta's nick name?
Joey
Who is the narrator?
Kenny
What does Byron do to his hair?
Get's chemical perm
What is the name of the Watsons' car?
The Brown Bomber.
How does Byron’s behavior change once he arrives in Alabama and meets Grandma Sands?
Answers will vary, approved by teacher
Where did she tell Byron to go when mom threatened to burn Byron?
Buphead's house
What is wrong with Kenny's eye?
He has a lazy eye
Why is Byron sent to Birmingham?
He is constantly misbehaving and being a "delinquent"
Who is considered the "God" of Clark Elementary School?
Byron Watson
What is the dad's name?
Daniel Watson
Where did Byron tell Joetta to go when she needed her dolls hands to be fixed?
Behind the couch
What is the family's nickname in their neighborhood?
The Weird Watsons.
What's Byron's relationship with Kenny like throughout the book?
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Why is Momma afraid of matches?
Her house burned down when she was a child.
What is the mom's name?
Wilona Watson
What did Grandma Sands give Joetta as a present?
Black church shoes
Who convinces Kenny to apologize to Rufus?
Mama
What happens to Byron in the first chapter while scraping ice?
His lips get stuck to the car mirror.
Why does the family decide to go to Birmingham?
To drop Byron off at Grandma Sands' house so she can help him behave better.
Give two reasons why the mom wanted to go to Alabama?
1. to visit her mom
2. to drop off Byron
What did Mrs. Davidson (Sunday school teacher) give Joetta, and why did Joetta not like it?
An angel statue; she thought it was racist because it was white and she's Black).