Quote 4
"Maybe you don't know, 'cause you're new here, but that's a men's store. I can wear men's sizes." I gave her a wink. "I guess you could wear women's sizes, huh?" (23.8)
Here, we have Crash delivering what is surely the worst line in the history of manhood to Jane Forbes. Does it work? Take a wild guess...and then try to explain—to us and to yourself—why Crash thought it might work.
Quote 5
I cut him off. "My father is starting a new business. He works seventy hours a week. Sometimes more." (1.20)
Hmm. Do you think working 70 hours a week is a good thing or a bad thing? What does Crash think? How can you tell?
Quote 6
"Do we have a great-grandfather?" I said.
She went, "Shhh!" and gave me a dirty look. She whispered, "I don't know. Ask Mommy." (2.48-2.49)
The Coogan family seems pretty close, but neither Crash nor Abby know if they have a great-grandfather. That's a telling detail. So, what does it tell you?