Chapter 9 & 10
How did Byron plan to pay his parents back for making him go to Alabama?
Byron plans to get back to his parents by trying not to speak a single word, but at the end he talked.
On the trip, Kenny asked why they could not drive until Dad was tired and then stop for the day. What was Dad's reply? How did he sound when he answered?
Dad gets in a hillbilly southern style accent and explain that down in the deep south, black folks can't just stop anywhere, and he tried to make a joke about it, but it sounded sinister.
Dad planned ahead of time to do something on the trip but not tell Momma. What was it?
He planned to drive and not stop.
How did Dad describe driving through the mountains?
He said it was like running your hands through God's beard.
How did Kenny feel when Dad talked to him like a grown-up?
He says it feels good to talk like an adult and he loved it.
Where did Byron have to sleep the night before the family left on the trip, and why?
He slept with his parents because it was his last night in flint and momma thought he might like to sleep in the room for the night.
Dad talked with Kenny about the reasons they were sending Byron to Alabama . What did Dad tell Kenny?
He wants Byron to learn. Dad said that the world won't change so he should grow up and it will open his eyes.
Summarize the incident when Mrs. Davidson gave a gift to Joey.
Mrs. Davidson gives Joey a white colored angel doll. Joey doesn't like the doll because it didn't look alike at all.
What was the title of Momma's notebook? What was on the cover? What were the contents?
The Watson's go to Birmingham 1963 the cover has a flower and a bee and put a detailed plan for the trip including expenses and who would sit at the window each day.
Kenny described something on their trip as the scariest things he had ever seen. What were they? Why did he think these things were scary?
They were on the Appalachian mountain and he thought it was scared because dad turned off headlight and it was super dark, and they got creep out.