Quotes
"My family, my beautiful, beautiful family," is said by this character.
Who is Grandma Sands?
The type of sticks Byron uses to bury the mourning dove.
What are popsicle sticks?
Big, strong, mean, and likes mourning doves.
Who is Byron?
The main character of the story.
Who is Kenneth Bernard Watson?
The place the mourning dove was buried.
What is the alley behind Mitchell's?
This character said, “Go on in and get ‘Yakety Yak’ and sit with me for a while."
Who is Mr. Watson?
The type of cookies Byron throws at Kenny.
What are Swedish Cremes?
Frail, mean, and sometimes meaningful.
Who is Grandma Sands?
The events of the story takes place in this year.
What is 1963?
The place Kenny almost drowns.
What is Collier's Landing?
"Kenny, can't you do something to stop Mommy from making us so hot," is said by this character.
Who is Joey?
Mr. Robert's dog.
Who is Toddy?
Likes to joke around, once tickled god's beard, and once created a nickname for someone.
Who is Mr. Watson?
The author of this book.
Who is Christopher Paul Curtis?
The place Larry Dunn gets beat up by Byron.
What is Clark Elementary School?
This character said, “A guy just came by and said somebody dropped a bomb on Joey’s church.”
Who is Bryon?
The song Mr. Watson was whistling while cutting Byron's hair.
What is, "Straighten Up and Fly Right?"
Get's picked on and has a friend that used to get picked on as well, was once a new kid at school, and has a little brother.
Who is Rufus?
The settings in which the story takes place.
What is Flint, Michigan and Birmingham, Alabama?
The place Larry Dunn's fifty cents hooked up with someone else's fifty cents.
What is Kennelworth?
"Hell? I thought you said this was Tennessee," is said by this character.
Who is Kenny?
What V.D.L.A.I. stands for.
What is the Vibro-Dynamic-Lateral-Anti-Inertial?
He gives his famous Maytag Washes to his victims.
Who is Larry Dunn?
The reason that the Weird Watsons travel from Michigan to Alabama.
What is Byron being a trouble-maker?
The place the Brown Bomber got new used tires.