Welcome to the 2023-2024 School Year!
Chapter 1
What city in Michigan does the story begin in?
The weather felt like “about a zillion degrees below zero.” What literary term is this an example of?
What is Kenny’s parents name? What is Kenny’s brother and sister’s name?
How long does the weatherman say the area won’t see temperatures above freezing? What temperature does he say it is in the Atlanta region?
What does Dad remind Momma about the bathrooms in Birmingham?
What is the nickname for the family’s car?
What does Byron get his lips stuck to?
What do the neighbors refer to the Watson family as?
Who yanks Byron from the mirror?
What is the name of the new superhero that Kenny says he created?
Chapter 2
What is the name of the school that Kenny attends?
Who is harassed for his “lazy eye” and his “nerdy” capabilities?
Who is Miss Henry?
Who tells Kenny he should make the teachers pay him (Kenny) to read aloud?
Why does Kenny get called “Cockeye Kenny?”
Why does not like days when Buphead and Byron choose to skip school?
Why does Kenny feel that “God had finally sent him a “personal saver?”
Chapter 3
18. What is the name of the older brother of the pair of new students who decides to be Kenny’s friend?
19. What is the name of the boy who tricked Kenny into forgetting about dozens of plastic dinosaurs they’d buried in a pit?
20. What does Kenny have to apologize to Rufus for?
Chapter 4
21. What does Kenny have to help Joey do when they get to school?
22. What does Byron say he saw frozen-to-death in a garbage truck?
23. Who steals Kenny’s second pair of gloves?
24. What is the name of Byron’s movie?
Chapter 5
25. What does Momma warn Byron about more than once?
26. How long does Momma say her clothes smelled like smoke after the house fire she experienced as a child?
27. What is the name of Byron’s new movie?
28. Momma’s voice reminds Kenny of a hissing snake? What literary device is this an example of?
29. Who begs Momma not to hurt Byron?
30. What does Momma remind Joey that she swore to God she would do?
Chapter 6
31. What does Momma send Kenny and Byron to the grocery store to pick up?
32. Who assumes that the family is on welfare? Who tells him they are not on welfare?
33. Who hides in the green apple tree and throws cookies at Kenny? What type of cookies are they?
34. What happens to the bird that Byron throws cookies at? How does Byron react?
35. What does Kenny discover that Byron made for the bird?
Chapter 7
36. What does Byron try to sneak into the house wearing? What is he trying to hide?
37. Who does Momma say she will leave Byron’s punishment to?
38. Who does Kenny tell about Byron’s hair when she gets home from Sunday school?
39. Who refers to themself as the “top-dog-wolf?”
40. Who shaves Byron’s head?
41. Who do Momma and Dad call that lives in Alabama?
Chapter 8
42. What do Kenny and Rufus help dad “spruce” up?
43. What does Dad come home with?
44. What record does Kenny play 4 times?
45. Where does Momma say the family will be driving to? Who will Byron be left to stay with?
46. What does Momma tell Byron that Birmingham is a good place for?
47. How does Byron react when he hears about the plan?