Watsons go to Birmingham Ch 1

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The Watsons go to Birmingham Chapter 1

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If you were Kenny Watson, how would you feel about your brother Bryon's behavior? If you were Joetta, what would it mean to have your big brother be called a juvenile delinquent?

In chapter 1, Kenny plays along with Byron and Buphead's Surviving the Blizzard test. On page 11 he says, "I made up my mind that no matter how hard they threw me in that snow I was going to get up laughing." Why would Kenny do this? Do you agree with his choice?