Characters 1
installs an Ultra-Glide in the car
- Byron
-Daniel
- Kenny
- Mr. Robert
Who is Daniel?
steals Kenny's gloves and colors them black
- Byron
- Buphead
- Larry Dunn
- LJ Jones
Who is Larry Dunn?
When and where does the novel open?
- summer in Birmingham, Alabama
- winter in Birmingham, Alabama
- summer in Flint, Michigan
- winter in Flint, Michigan
What is winter in Flint, Michigan?
What Kenny gives Rufus.
- a scarf
- a coat
- a pair of boots
- a pair of gloves
What is a pair of gloves.
This is with whom Byron was going to live.
- Grandma Watson
- Grandma Sands
- Aunt Cydney
- Grandma Smith
Who is Grandma Sands?
This is the person who rescues Kenny from drowning.
- Mr. Watson
- Mr. Robert
- Grandma Sands
- Byron
Who is Byron?
moves to Flint from Arkansas
- Mr. Robert
- LJ Jones
- Larry Dunn
- Rufus
Who is Rufus?
narrates the novel
- Byron
-Joetta
- Wilona
- Kenny
Who is Kenny?
Which statement best describes the historical context of the novel?
- The novel occurs during the Civil War.
- The novel occurs during World War II.
- The novel occurs during the Civil Rights Movement.
- The novel occurs during the present day.
What is the Civil Rights Movement?
What Byron does to his hair.
- dyes it blue
- gets a curly perm
- has his name shaved in it
- straightens it - "conk"
What is straighten it - "conk"
This is the name of Mr. Robert's dog.
- Smoky
- Toddy
- Cora
- Spot
Who is Toddy?
This is what happened to the church while Joey was there.
- it catches fire
- it is bombed
- it has a gas leak
- a storm hits the building
What is it is bombed?
gets his lips stuck to a mirror
- Kenny
- Buphead
- Byron
- Larry Dunn
Who is Byron?
steals Kenny's dinosaurs
- LJ Jones
- Buphead
- Joetta
- Rufus
Who is LJ Jones?
The statement which best characterizes the Watson children's winter clothing.
- Wilona makes the children wear many layers of winter clothing.
- Each Watson child only gets one pair of gloves each winter.
- The Watson family purchases a lightweight jacket for each child.
What is Wilona makes the children wear many layers of winter clothes.
This was why Wilona was so angry with Byron.
- She wanted to be with him when he changed his hair.
- She had forbidden him from doing anything to his hair and it was like a gang style.
- She was angry that he had spent money on huis hair.
- She did not like the hair salon that he used.
What is she had forbidden him from doing anything to his hair and it was a gang style?
Before going fishing, this is the place that Grandma Sands warns her grandchildren to avoid.
- Chandler Lake
- Newbolt Square
- Collier's Landing
- Flint Drive
What is Collier's Landing?
The person who walks around the church and sees several girls who have been killed.
- Kenny
- Byron
- Daniel
- Wilona
Who is Kenny?
Byron's best friend
- Rufus
- Buphead
- Larry Dunn
- LJ Jones
Who is Buphead?
Grandma Sand's dearest friend
- Joe Collier
- Wilona
- Mr. Robert
- Mrs. Davidson
Who is Mr. Robert?
This person is in charge of helping Joetta with her coat at school.
- Kenny
- Byron
- Wilona
- no one
Who is Kenny?
This is what the Watson family calls their car.
- The Red Rover
- The Blue Bullet
- The Brown Bomber
- The Black Bombshell
What is the Brown Bomber?
This is who Kenny thinks he sees when he is about to drown.
- Winnie the Pooh
- Grandma Sands
- The Wool Pooh
- a police officer
Who is the Wool Pooh?
The people who caused the damage at the church.
- construction workers who accidentally hit a gas line
- men who dsagree with the civil rights movement
- someone who accidentally dropped a match
- a tornado
Who are men who disagree with the civil rights movement?
lives in Alabama and has a reputation for being tough
- Grandma Sands
- Grandma Watson
- Mrs. Davidson
- Mr. Collier
Who is Grandma Sands?
makes a notebook planning her family's road trip
- Grandma Sands
- Mrs. Davidson
- Wilona
- Joetta
Who is Wilona?
Byron tells this to Joey about what the trash trucks really do each morning.
- pick up the family's recycling
Pick up household materials
Pick up people who froze to death
Give children rides to school.
What is pick up people who froze to death?
This is where the Watson family was going to go.
- Alabama
- Virginia
- North Carolina
- The Black Bombshell
What is Alabama?
This is how Kenny thinks you get into trouble.
- one step at a time
- quickly, without realizing what is happening
- in one large leap
- by hanging around with others who get into trouble
What is one step at a time?
This is the area where the Watson family calls the "Watson Pet Hospital."
- the area under the stairs
Joetta's bedroom
- the area behind the sofa
- the back porch
What is the area behind the sofa?