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.