Momma
Where was Momma born?
Alabama
Who took off Joetta's coats, jackets, and scarf?
Kenny
What is the reason Byron says that momma makes them wear all the coats?
Because the garbage trucks pick up frozen people in the morning off the streets.
Who did Kenny share his gloves with?
Rufus
How did Byron find out Kenny's gloves had been stolen?
Kenny was crying.
How long had Momma lived in Flint, Michigan?
15 years
Joetta looked like a ______while her coats and jackets were taken off.
zombie
Who are the only people Byron says get frozen?
Folks from the South.
How did Kenny get a pair of gloves for his friend?
He told momma he lost his first pair.
What did Larry wear on his hands before he had gloves?
socks
What did momma make the kids do in winter?
Wear a lot of clothes.
What did Joetta smell like when she got off all her coats and scarf?
Shampoo and soap and pomade momma put in her hair.
What did Joetta do when Byron was done with his story?
Start crying
How many pairs of gloves would momma buy at one time?
6
What did Byron call the punishment he gave Larry for stealing the gloves?
The Great Carp Escape
What would momma do if you lost your gloves?
Make you wear them kindergarten style by running a string through the sleeves and and tie two safety pins and pin your gloves.
What did Joetta ask Kenny to do about their winter coats?
Can't you do something to stop Mommy from making us get so hot?
Why does Byron say they use garbage trucks?
Ambulance doors are not big enough and frozen people don't bend.
How did Kenny realize Larry had stolen his gloves?
The snow was covered with black shoe polish that larry had used to grind into Kenny's face.
What did Byron do to Larry?
Threw him into the fence over and over again and Larry would catch himself with his hands.
What was the one thing momma made sure the kids had in winter? 2 details
Real leather gloves with real rabbit's fur on the inside.
Joetta says she is this because of all the coats she has to wear.
The laughing sock of the morning kindergarten.
Why did Byron tell Joetta the story of frozen people in garbage trucks?
So she will stop whining and crying and wear her winter clothes.
What store did momma buy the gloves?
Montgomery Wards
Give two details about Larry Dunn's clothes that day.
He had on a windbreaker with that was ripped under both arms and his tennis shoes had holes in them.