Plot
Name of car
Brown Bomber
Mama’s name
Wilona
City and state where the Watsons live
Flint, MI
Special gift Daddy buys for the trip
Car record player
Who told the Speech I Have a Dream
Martin Luther King
Reason Mama and Daddy decided to take the trip to Birmingham
Straighten out Byron
By’s friend
Buphead
Season when story ends
Summer
Person who saved Kenny from drowning
Byron
Name a school named after a famous African-American woman
Michelle Obama, Rosa Parks, Ruby Bridges
Monster that scared Kenny
Wool Pooh
Joey’s real name
Joetta
Season when story begins
Winter
Byron’s silly stunt that made Kenny tease him as “Lipless Wonder”
He kisses his reflection on the frozen mirror on car
Real life event in Birmingham in September, 1963
16th St. Baptist Church bombing
Kenny calls By “an official teenage juvenile delinquent”. Give two ways By has earned that nickname.
Playing with matches; buying treats for himself on family’s store credit; getting hair processed without permission; skipping school; flunking two grades
Grandma’s name
Sands
Kenny's hiding place
Behind the couch
How did Kenny and By get groceries without money
Parents promised to pay; on credit; running a bill; welfare list
Real life tragedy from that event
Four little girls were killed
Real name for the monster that scared Kenny
Whirlpool
Daddy's name
Daniel
Area where the family stopped on the way to Birmingham
Smoky Mountains, Appalachia
What did Bryon do to to his hair to make his parents so angry?
He made it straight
Name two more important events from 1963
Medgar Evers murdered; JFK murdered; MLK “I Have a Dream” speech; March on Washington; protests in Birmingham and other cities