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The weird ________
In the first chapter Kenny says that it was a ______ degrees below zero.
Dad says that the reason that Byron got stuck to the mirror of the car was that he "was ______ his reflection"
When Byron's dad discovers what he did to his hair he takes him to the bathroom and _______ it
When Byron's dad discovers what he did to his hair he takes him to the bathroom and _______ it
_________ is the name of the grocery store that their family shops at
They call the car the brown _______
_______is the type of gun that Rufus shot squirrels with
After Byron got his hair buttered it is __________-style
_______ is the author of the book that Kenny reads in front of the class
________ is the person that dad talks on the phone with who thinks they need to shout for a long-distance call
They can tell that their mom is mad when she talks in her _______ accent
The world's greatest ________ war ever
The bird was dead as a ______
Kenny goes to ______ Elementary
Byron threw _______ at the bird he accidentally killed
________ is the prisoner number that Kenny gives Byron
After Byron gets a butter his mom calls him Senor _________ Watson
Kenny's family lives in ______, Michigan
When Byron was lighting matches in the bathroom mom hit the door like the actor ________
Kenny's mom was born in _________
The name of Byron's movie was the great carp ______
Kenny's moms house burning down when she was a kid was her ________ the bear story
Joetta, when Byron was being burned by the match, was the little engine that ________ it could
_______ is the name of the new student in Kenny's class

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