Characters
The novel's narrator and main character
Who is Kenny?
Where the story takes place here in these beginning chapters; Kenny compares it to an icebox
What is Flint, Michigan?
This is what Kenny and Rufus play with after school
What is plastic dinosaur wars?
Byron is caught doing this in the bathroom at his house.
What is setting paper parachutes on fire with matches?
Someone who breaks the law
What is delinquent?
Kenny's older brother; "school god," bully, and troublemaker
Who is Byron?
Name of the character who gets his lips stuck on the mirror of the family car
Who is Byron?
Rufus's little brother
Who is Cody?
Momma almost does this to Byron as punishment
What is burn his fingers with the matches?
Feeling tired and sluggish
What is drowsy?
Kenny and Byron's little sister
Who is Joey/Joetta?
Some of the things Kenny is picked on for while he's at school
What is being smart, reading, and having a lazy eye?
The kids on the bus tease Rufus and Cody about this.
What is their clothing? (they only have two shirts, two pairs of pants, and share underwear)
Momma told the Watson kids this story to try to keep them from playing with matches; Byron calls it her Smokey the Bear story
What is her childhood house catching on fire and she was forced to wear clothes that smelled like smoke?
To imitate someone or something
What is emulate?
The oldest kid in the 4th grade; bullies Kenny and the other kids, takes Kenny's gloves
Who is Larry Dunn?
How Kenny describes Byron while they are at school
What is the god of Clark Elementary?
This is what Larry Dunn does to Kenny's nice leather gloves in order to disguise them.
What is cover them in black shoe polish?
This is what the Watsons have to do at the grocery store; Byron eventually takes advantage of this.
What is sign for the food?
To entice, persuade, or convince someone to do something
What is tempted?
Kenny's friend and he's the new kid; country-like accent, has to share clothes with his little brother; kids on the bus laugh at him
Who is Rufus?
When Byron decides to skip school, he tells Kenny this phrase at the bus stop; this is a chapter title in the novel
What is "Give my regards to Clark, Poindexter?"
The story Byron tells his siblings when they complain about all of the extra layers Momma makes them wear in the winter.
What is people with Southern blood freezing in the streets so garbage trucks with large doors have to go around and pick up all of the frozen bodies?
Byron does this in front of Kenny and ends up vomiting and crying.
What is throwing cookies and hitting a bird?
Unfriendly/unfavorable; usually relating to an enemy
What is hostile?