Clean Getaway

Chapters 1-5

Reading Check

1. “Scoob-a-doob” (Chapter 1)

2. An RV (Chapter 1)

3. The Green Book (Chapter 3)

4. He left it at home. (Chapter 5)

Short Answer

1. He’s worried that because of the color of Scoob’s skin, people will unfairly stereotype him, so Scoob must hold himself to a higher standard. (Chapter 2)

2. They stare because Scoob is Black and G’ma is white. (Chapter 2)

Chapters 6-10

Reading Check

1. 39 years (Chapter 6)

2. Jimmy, the name of her husband (Chapter 8)

3. Teaching his classmates how to change their quiz grades (Chapter 9)

Short Answer

1. It is implied that Birmingham was not a very safe place for African Americans. (Chapter 6)

2. It was the day before Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated. (Chapter 6)

3. He begins to hear G’ma sleeptalk about fixing a mistake she made in the past, and he later sees that there are several missed calls from his dad on her phone. (Chapter 8)

Chapters 11-15

Reading Check

1. Their last good night was at the Hotel E.F. Young Jr. in Meridian, Mississippi. (Chapter 11)

2. He tries to bring up the fact that the RV’s license plate is a Tennessee plate to refer to G’ma’s switching of the plates. (Chapter 12)

3. They found out that G’ma was pregnant with James. (Chapter 14)

Short Answer

1. G’ma is usually more respectful of his space and his privacy. (Chapter 11)

2. Interracial marriage was legalized in every state because of Loving v. Virginia in 1967. (Chapter 13)

Chapters 16-20

Reading Check

1. She threw it away. (Chapter 16)

2. Six Flags (Chapter 17)

3. G’ma (Chapter 19)

Short Answer

1. He realizes that G’ma would’ve gone to all-white schools for at least part of her educational career. (Chapter 16)

2. The clerk keeps staring at him because he’s Black. (Chapter 16)

Chapters 21-24

Reading Check

1. The police after James reports G’ma and Scoob as missing. (Chapter 21)

2. A secret compartment that is filled with jewelry. (Chapter 23)

Short Answer

1. She knew that she didn’t have much time left because of the cancer. (Chapter 21).

2. His father is rarely emotional and is often stoic. (Chapter 21)

3. He wants to take the same road trip that G’ma and G’pop had initially set out to take, and he also wants to share more adventures with his dad, showing that their relationship has improved. (Chapters 23-24)