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How long did Dad keep his longest job?
6 months
What kind of comic book does Brian acquire?
A Sad Sack comic book
How old is Jeannette when Billy Feel moves into the tracks?
8
What does Billy show Jeannette in this house?
His father had an accident on himself.
Where did the family go swimming?
In a hot pot (a natural sulfur spring)
How does Brian occupy his hands?
With whittling (carving wood)
After the shooting incident with the children, Dad tells everyone to bring one thing for the move. What does Brian bring?
A plastic jack-o-lantern filled with green plastic army soldiers.
What happens when the children don't have food to bring for lunch at school?
Dad brings them bread, bologna, mayonnaise, and orange juice, two apples, pickles, and two candy bars.
Who uses and knows binary?
Jeannette, Dad
Who told Mom she had to discipline the students?
Miss Beatty
What does Lori bring as her one thing at the end of the chapter?
The Wizard of Oz
What sort of mine was Dad fired from?
A barite mine.
What is Mexican crazy lace?
Stone, agate
Why did Miss Page lose her job?
Who shoots at Billy Deel ?
Lori
When Mom is a teacher, what does she do to Lori?
gives her a whipping with a wooden paddle
Where does Mom get a job?
The Battle Mountain Intermediate School
Where did Mom leave Maureen when she was working? (One detail about the woman)
With a woman whose drug-dealer husband was serving time in the state prison.
What does Billy give Jeannette?
A turquoise and silver ring
What does Mom (when she is teaching) tell the Navaho and Apache kids?
To be proud of their noble Indian heritage.