chap10

1. David took his many different jobs as priority over school. He felt that what he learned in school was irrelevant to being successful in the real world, and so he was constantly working long hard hours instead of focusing in school.

•2. David spent most of his time working at on of the numerous different jobs that he had.

•3. David thought his father was in some kind of trouble because he had called many different stations and had heard no word from him. All they said was that they would get the message out to his father, and that he worked at different stations on different shifts.

•4. Mr. Tapely was David’s English teacher. David would often go and visit Mr. Tapely on his off period and ask him questions about his future.

•5. His relationship with his father is pretty much nonexistent. When they do see each other both of them say very little, and they find it hard to express their emotions. David describes his dad as having a dead soul.

•6. I think that his dad is probably very damaged because of all the things that have happened with the mother and the rest of the family. He feels as if he has failed his children and wife, and so he has turned to drinking to alleviate some of that pain. David is able to recognize the hardships his dad is going through, and wants so much to help but knows it is best fro him to move on to better things.

•7. The meeting with has dad was very serious and mutual. Both of them were not really comfortable sharing their emotions with the other. David’s father told David that he must get out, leave and go far away so that he could start his new life and separate himself from all of the evil memories that have trapped him.

•8. Yes I can relate to David’s and his father’s relationship. Me and my dad act very similar to the way they do. We do not discuss private matters with each other, and we never talk about how we feel or express our emotions efficiently. Honestly I am quite happy with the type of relationship me and my dad have. Not to much talking. Not to much problems.

•9. He tells David to get out of there because he does not want to see his son end up like him. He wants success for David, and he knows the only way that it can be achieved is if David moves on and starts with a clean slate and an optimistic mind set.

•10. During the summer of 1978, after dozens of interviews, David landed a job selling cars. Selling cars felt mentally exhausting to David. The upper managers would threaten the sales staff one day, then bait them with money incentives the next.

•11. More than ever, David sought guidance from Duinsmoore Drive. He talked with Mr. Brazell of his dream to become a Hollywood stuntman, and he also went to talk to the Marshes about his future in the Air Force.

•12. David rode north to the Russian River where his old family had spent countless happy hours. He did not quite remember how to get there but he eventually found it by instinct.

•13. After David finished high school he proudly enlisted into the United States Air Force.

•14. I do believe that enlisting into the Air Force was a good choice for David because it will allow him to obtain the discipline and strength he will need in any occupation he may choose later in his life.

•15. After he enlisted in the service, David heard from his mother. Her voice was not that of the evil mother, but rather his mommy from years ago. She told David that she thought of him all the time and that she always wanted nothing but the best for him.

•16. I think his mom really does not know what she thinks herself. I fell as if she has a split personality, and when she tells him that she has thought about him it is genuine. However, her feeling of love towards David is short lived because of all the stress she likely has. She is just a little crazy.

•17. Alice has taken the place of David’s mom. She always stood by David through hard times, and she loves and embraces him as her own son. David finally sees who his real family is, and feels at peace.

•18. Of course David will visit them, but as far as move back in, I don’t think so. David is a very independent and mature young man now, and I think he embracing any challenge that life has to offer. He is ready to live on his own.

•19. David has lived at his real families house, Aunt Mary’s home, the Catanze’s home, Alice’s home, the Null’s home, Vera’s home, the Hill, and finally the Walsh’s home.

chap10

•Prod-to poke or jab with or as if with something pointed

•The doctor prodded the girl on the operating table.

•2.Resented-to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark

•The boy resented his mom for beating him.

•3.Strutting-walking or moving with a strut; walking pompously; pompous.

•The man was strutting his stuff on stage.

•4.Swerved-to turn aside abruptly in movement or direction

•The drunk driver swerved side to side.

•5.Deliberately-carefully weighed or considered; studied; intentional: a deliberate lie.

•The little girl deliberately spilled paint on her dress.

•6.Gleaming-a flash or beam of light: the gleam of a lantern in the dark.

•The watch was gleaming in the sun.

•7.Shuddered-to tremble with a sudden convulsive movement, as from horror, fear, or cold.

•The boy shuddered in the cold winter night.

•8.Wheezed-to breathe with difficulty and with a whistling sound: Asthma caused him to wheeze.

•The boy wheezed as he had an asthma attack.

•9.Clenched-o close (the hands, teeth, etc.) tightly.

•The lady clenched her purse tight when the robber tried to snatch it.

•10.Bait-food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.

•The man had worms as bate.

•11.Splurge-to indulge oneself in some luxury or pleasure, esp. a costly one

•The man splurged on girls and jewelry because he had a bounty on his head.

•12.Advantage-any state, circumstance, opportunity, or means specially favorable to success, interest, or any desired end: the advantage of a good education.

•The boy that was an MMA fighter had the advantage in the fight.

•13.Withered-to shrivel; fade; decay: The grapes had withered on the vine.

•The grape withered in the sun after being left out for three days.

•14.Aptitude-capability; ability; innate or acquired capacity for something;

•The man took an aptitude test to see how smart he was.

•15.frenzied-wildly excited or enthusiastic

•The crowd was in a frenzy after the Lakers won the championship.

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chap9

1. David feels like he has a dark cloud over him because he believes that at any moment he may be sent back to the hill. He must look around every street corner for a county car. He just wishes he had a place to call home.
•2. Every night he prayed that Gordon Hutchinson would come and decided his fate. David was wearing ragged, moldy clothes and still sleeping on the couch. He needed a real home.
•3. Alice tell David that she and Harold are working on getting their boy fostering licenses and that she would like David to stay for as long as possible.
•4. Harold never seemed to talk to David, and when he did he just utter a few word he was just trying to get David to read instead of watching television. Although Harold was much of a friend, David still respected him immensely.
•5. Ever since David was a small child, he fantasized about building a log cabin at the Russian River, so he sometimes imagined him and Harold working on it together.
•6. Dr. Robertson was David’s new psychiatrist. He greeted David with a handshake, and turned out to be the complete opposite of David’s first doctor. He treats David like the teenager that he is, and never forces David to talk about anything he doesn’t want to.
•7. I think that it will help David eventually. It is important for David to talk to someone about the things that have haunted him for so long. It is the first step in mental recovery.
•8. There are a few things in this chapter similar to my life. For example, the fact that David is deemed stunt king later in the chapter is very relatable to my life. I have always liked to perform dangerous stunts, not for any amount of money prize, but simply for a feeling of accomplishment.
•9. His speech problem disappeared because Alice taught him how to slow down his train of thought, and try to picture himself saying the words before they came out.
•10. Alice is a very involved mom. She loves walking with David to the mall, and watching movies with him. Also, she often buys him toys for no apparent reason. For the first time David feels like a real kid.
•11. David is beginning to learn how to accept presents. Up until now he has never felt that deserved presents so it is a big change for him. The most important gift David received from the Turnboughs was a chance at being a kid while being prepared for life as an adult.
•12. Being alone in the wide open world was the scariest thing that David could imagine. Up until now he never had to think more than hours or days into the future. The idea of making a life for himself seemed impossible.
•13. David felt as if he had nothing in common with the other kids at his school. Wile they all fought to impress others by acting cool, David really didn’t care one way or the other what people thought of him. He felt like the outcast.
•14. David wanted to learn how to cook. He was pushing 16, and since everyone else was either going to Disneyland or Hawaii, he felt as though he needed to find some skill that he could call his own.
•15. David left by choice because he was disgusted with the two, older foster boys that had moved into the home. They did not work, and many times they would find David’s savings stash and steal money. David made it clear to Alice that if those boys stayed he would leave.
•16. His new family were very chill and laid back, allowing David to come and go as he pleased. They neighborhood they moved to consisted of houses that looked more like miniature mansions, and every car had a astounding shine to it. It was the perfect place to live.
•17. David’s new friends are two boys from that live on his street named Paul Brazell and Dave Howard. David took an instant liking to the two, and they constantly raced each other on their mini bikes.
•18. I think she is a very stereotypical, and simple minded piece of scum. She talks to David in a disgusting tone and constantly talks about “his kind,” and how he should give up on his future because he does not have what it takes to make it in this world.
•19. The Marshes are neighbors of the Walsh's. David spends countless hours with them and their children. They have an enormous book collection in their house and David loves to read as much as he possibly can, sometimes taking books home with him and finishing them in one night.
•20. The stay at the Walsh’s was nice at first, but as arguments began to be a regular routine David was becoming desperate. Whenever he anticipated an argument, David would quickly direct the kids out of the house as to avoid any physical or verbal violence.

chap8

David was treated as an outcast. The other kids would just turn at smile at him like he was some kind of freak. For example, even big Larry waved David off when he tried to talk to him.

•2. Gordon visited David because he had to inform him that he was to move into a new foster home. David felt very sad about the whole situation, he felt that the Catanzes had loved him more than hi real parents ever had.

•3. One rule was to never get to attached to anyone, and the second rule was to never take someone’s home for granted.

•4. Gordon had trouble finding a place for David to stay, even for a couple of days before he found a permanent home for him. All the home were either full or going to be full within a couple days.

•5. He meant that David might have to go back to Hillcrest for a couple of days until he found a foster home with room.

•6. David compared Gordon to a car salesman because of how quickly he could change his attitude so that he could persuade people.

•7. David’s new family was the Nulls family, Joanne and Michael Nulls.

•8. His new foster mom treated him as a little child. She hugged him, pinched his cheeks, and babied him.

•9. All David did was explore, read magazines, and watch television. He did this because Mrs. Nulls set many restrictions including his inability to ride his bicycle past the end of the his road.

•10. Joanne and Michael were constantly arguing, apparently because Michael had been having another affair, but David believed that he was the cause of their differences.

•11. David has been in three foster homes thus far.

•12. His second family was not nearly as reasonable as the first. They did not let him play or ride his bike more than a couple yards away from the house. Mrs. Nulls treated him like he was a little a baby, while her husband Michael thought David was nonexistent. Also, David was the only foster child in the home.

•13. Before Gordon left Vera’s house he warned David that mother’s house was off limits with a radius of one mile.

•14. There were seven other foster teenagers who lived in a makeshift room in the garage.

•15. Everyone in the home was always competing for Jody’s attention, and as cramped as things were there was a genuine family bond. Mattresses were crammed in every corner, and old lamps gave the home a soft glow.

•16. Jody was Vera's husband, who chuckled like Santa Claus and he loved playing with the children. Whenever he came everyone was at competition fro his attention.

•17. David’s new best friend was a kid named Carlos, a Hispanic boy. Carlos did not have a mean bone in his body, and could not speak English very well. Although David found it difficult it communicate with Carlos verbally, they had some kind of bond that made them understand each other instantly, without words.

•18. David runs into his brother Russell. Russell does not look good at all. He is wearing old, torn shoes and he has bruises all over his arms. It is obvious who Mother has made her next victim.

•19. I think he is concerned about what his mother is doing to his brothers and the rest of the family. He feels bad for just leaving his brothers behind, and he does not want the same type of abuse to be practiced on them.

•20. At school the next day, David saw his mother walking behind Russell.

•21. Jody was accused of statuary rape on a former female foster child.

•22. Most of the kids had to go to the Hill because there was no room in any other foster homes. Jody’s foster home had been closed permanently due to the accusation.

•23. David ends up staying with Alice’s foster home despite the fact that it was an all girl foster home. Alice smiled and asked him if he mined sleeping on the couch.

Chapter7vocab

•Degraded-Reduced in rank, dignity, or esteem.

•EXP: The officer degraded the young women

•Shuddered-shiver convulsively, as from fear or revulsion

•EXP: The young boy shuddered in fear.

•Cinder-A partly charred substance that can burn further but without flame.

•Exp: The building was cindered.

•Scurry-To go with light running steps; scamper.

•EXP: The mouse scurried across the floor.

•Incorrigible-Incapable of being corrected or reformed

•EXP: The police were incorrigible.

•Accelerated-To increase the speed of.

•EXP: The car accelerated fast.

•Validate-To declare or make legally valid.

•EXP: The lady had to validate her parking.

•Tendencies-Movement or prevailing movement in a given direction

•EXP: The boy had bad tendencies.

•Erupted-To emerge violently from restraint or limits; explode

•EXP: The volcano erupted.

•Beaming-cheerful and bright; "a beaming smile"; "a glad May morning"

•EXP: The boy was beaming with joy.

•Superintendent-person who has the authority to supervise or direct.

•EXP: The superintend told the workers what to do.

•Evaporated- To dry up

•EXP: All the

•Enchanting-Having the power to enchant; charming

•EXP: The dwarfs were enchanting.

•Circumstantial-Of, relating to, or dependent on circumstances.

•The DA only had circumstantial evidence.

•Nudging-To push against gently, especially in order to gain attention or give a signal.

•The Boy was nudging his brother.

•Corroboration-To strengthen or support with other evidence; make more certain

•The boy corroborated his story.

•Ample-Of large or great size, amount, extent, or capacity

chap7

•1. Rudy Drove David to Juve. David had to go for arson.

••2. David’s new place is a small room made of cinder blocks, with no toilet. David feels alone and scared of all the other kids.

••3. David’s dad visited him and he felt excited about a visitor until he saw who it was.

••4. Before David could sat anything his father asked David how he was.

••5. His mother wanted his father to give a mental institution custody of David.

••6. She wants David to be put away because his mother wants to be able to make it justify her disciplining was necessary.

••7. His mother had been waiting for David to screw up so that she could him in to an institution, and to be able to justify her abuse.

••8. If David was found guilty of arson and other petty crimes, Lillian could lose her foster mother privalleges as a foster mother.

••9. He is not aloud to see Ms. Gold anymore because he has a probation officer.

••10. Rudy and Lillian Catanze have full legal custody of David.

••11. He uses a simile when he says that Ms. Ctanze’s statement hit him like a ton of bricks.

••12. Her statement matters so much to him because he realized that he fate is in his own hands.

••13. Yes I think Ms. Catanze really loves David. She cares about his happiness as if It were her own. I truly believe that she loves him like her own son.

••14. Lilian had David’s pet turtle inside the chocolate box.

••15. David is described as a minor who has an extensive rebellious behavior. He was also described as being in need of close supervision, and someone who has displayed aggressive behavior towards others is argumentative and disruptive.

••16. The judge stated that their was no real proof that David started the fire, and in fact their were written statements that he was the one who attempted to put out the fire that was started by another boy.

••17. David lives with Mrs catanze again.

chap6vocab

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•Elated-very happy or proud; jubilant. Ex. I felt elated when I got a new car.

••2. Strut-to walk with a vain, pompous bearing, as with head erect and chest thrown out, as if expecting to impress observers. Ex. I strutted away from my school in disgust.

••3. Plotted-a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, esp. a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose. Ex. I grinned as I plotted the murder of my neighbor’s son.

••4. Objective-something that one's efforts or actions are intended to attain or accomplish. Ex. My main objective when yelling at my dad, was to hurt him.

••5. Swiveled-a fastening device that allows the thing fastened to turn around freely upon it, esp. to turn in a full circle. Ex. As I swiveled in my chair, I could not stop laughing with joy and excitement.

••6. Distinguished-made conspicuous by excellence. Ex. It was easy to distinguish between the scumbags and the posers.

••7. Aborting-to cease growth before full development or maturation. Ex. Jessica decided to have an abortion because she was scared.

••8. Erupted-to emerge violently from restraint or limit. Ex. I felt as though I erupted in ecstasy when I entered the rave club.

••9. Plodded-to walk heavily or move laboriously. Ex. As I plodded through the swamp I felt as if I were being consumed by it. As if it were alive.

••10. Britches-knee-length trousers. Ex. David wore his britches with a stained white t0shirt, and some vans sneakers.

••11. Defiant-characterized by defiance. Ex. I was very defiant as my mother told me to go to bed.

••12. Salivated-to produce an excessive secretion of saliva. Ex. I salivated in unusual amounts while I was under the influence of LSD.

••13. Prodding-to poke or jab with or as if with something pointed. Ex. David began prodding Larry with a stick when he was angered by his words.

••14. Fink-a labor spy. Ex. The pathetic little fink was killed before he even walked out of the door.

••15. Cooed-to utter or imitate the soft, murmuring sound characteristic of doves. Ex. The cooed soccer team had males and females.

••16. Quivered-The act or motion of quivering. Ex. David quivered as he thought back to the days he used to be abused by the mother.

••17. Crocheting-needlework done with a needle having a small hook at one end for drawing the thread or yarn through intertwined loops. Ex. Mother always used to be crocheting whenever I would come home from school.

••18. Bellowed-to shout in a deep voice. Ex. I heard my sister bellow in fear as she saw the bear quickly approaching.

chap6

•David is changing because he is wanting to be accepted into a group.

••2. Yes, I can relate because my used to pick me but I would stand up for myself.

••3. He began to steal toy models to have fun. He did this because stealing candy bars was becoming to easy.

••4. The kids would praise David, greeting him wherever he went and going to watch him steal.

••5. David felt that he had no emotion because of his method of stealing. He felt half robot because of his cold ways.

••6. David’s plan was to either make up a good lie right there on the spot, or run like hell away from the store clerk.

••7. He is probably so eager to get attention even though it is bad because he has never had attention his whole entire life and he wants other kids to think he is cool.

••8. Johnny was the kid that used to watch David steal.

••9. David knew as he was getting caught by Johnny’s dad,.

••10. Rudy is David’s foster father. He disciplines David when he says hell send David to the hill.

••11. After seeing a kid his bike, David decided to grab his money and bike and run away.

••12. David went to ride by Mother’s house. He wondered how is mother treated them and weather or not she thought about him as much as he did her.

•14. The manager at Denny’s called Rudy to come pick David up. David was the one that gave him the number.

••15. I think David’s father never shows up or bothers calling because he is mad about how David exposed his own mother and does not want to see him.

••16. Ms. Gold started crying because she did not want to lose David because of his behavior. She knew it was out of her hands.

••17. The meeting with Ms. Gold made him feel like his old cheerful self. He began to avoid confrontations with Larry and did his chores.

••18. David always writes and draw about him and his brothers and how they are now separated.

••19. John is a tough looking kid that all the other kids think is cool. He smokes cigarettes and he persuades David to do many bad deeds.

••20. John wanted David to pop the tires of their teachers car because the teacher had yelled at John earlier for not turning in homework.

••21. John treats David as if an equal when he tells David that he is gutsy and tuff. He treats David like crap when he hits and pushes him.

••22. David wants to join the gang so badly because he wants to be liked by all the other kids. He sees everyone treat John as if he were some god, and so he longs for similar treatment from others towards him.

••23. John started the fire with paper and lighter fluid next to the classroom vent. David was involved as a lookout at first but eventually, after John ran away, David put the fire out by throwing rubble over it to reduce the accessible oxygen.

••24. Rudy’s reaction is a very angry one. He rants on and on about how David is no good. Finally, he adds that David will have to go.

••25. I think that David will have to attend a Juvenile Hall Facility because of all his bad behavior.

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chap5

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•Immense-marked by greatness especially in size or degree

•2.Suppress-to put down by authority or force

•3.Mockingly-To treat with ridicule or contempt; deride.

•4.Snide-Derogatory in a malicious, superior way

•5.Cerebral palsy- A medical condition

•6.Ridiculed-Words or actions intended to evoke contemptuous laughter at or feelings toward a person or thing

•7.Sneered-A scornful facial expression characterized by a slight raising of one corner of the upper lip

•8.Badgered-Messed with in excess

•9.Rigid-Not flexible or pliant; stiff.

•10.Lurched-To stagger

•11.Disbelif- Refusal or reluctance to believe.

•12.Engulfed-To swallow up or overwhelm by or as if by overflowing and enclosing

•13.Paramecium-Any of various freshwater ciliate protozoans of the genus Paramecium, usually oval and having an oral groove for feeding.

•14.Indicating-To show the way to or the direction of; point out

•15.ramble-To move about aimlessly

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chap5questions

1.I think Larry is mean because he used to get abused by his parents.
2.David’s ne found passion is riding his bike.
3.The incident started with Larry when David stuck up for Chris and when Larry said clean your clock he ment kick his butt.
4.To stick up for his self David called Larry some bad names and I think he was justified.
5.Chris’s parents abandoned him as a child.
6.Chris had been through multiple foster houses since then.
7.This is Chris's last year in foster care because he is 17.
8.Larry wanted David to call him uncle cause it’s a sing of him giving up.
9.Lillian took David to a physiologist.
10.I think the doctor was doing his job and he was not mean.
11.The doctor kept calling David Daniel.
12.The session went bad because the doctor did not reach David.
13.Larry and David ride past his old house so David can look at his house.
14.I think David wanted to go down the street where he use to live so he could look at his old house.
15.David got in trouble for going down his old street he was on punishment for 2 weeks.
16.Lillian's talked to David's father about his behavior.
17.David was upset because his mom changed her phone number.
18.David's dad does not visit.
19.David just wish that his dad visit him.

chap3vocab

•Aqueduct: a bridge like structure that carries a water conduit or canal across a valley or over a river.
•EXP: The aqueduct brought the water to Rome’s many baths.
•Verge: to be on the edge or margin or border
•EXP: I'm on the verge of snapping
•Pediatrician: A physician who specializes in pediatrics.
•EXP: The pediatrician examined my son.
•Ramble: To talk or write in a discursive, aimless way.
•EXP: The special needs child started to ramble on the stand.
•Unison: All together or at the same time.
•EXP: The quire sung in Unison.
•Depressors: Something that depresses or is used to depress
•EXP: The girl took pills that were depressors.
•Rehearsed: To practice
•EXP: The actors rehearsed for the play.
•Hypersonic: Noting or pertaining to speed that is at least five times that of sound in the same medium.
•EXP: The jet flew at hypersonic speeds across the sky.
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•Surge: A strong, swelling, wavelike volume or body of something
•EXP: There was a surge of troops in Iraq in the beginning of 2003.
•Nudged: To push slightly or gently, esp. with the elbow
•EXP: The boy nudged the boat to send it off on its maiden voyage.
•Astounded: To astonish and bewilder
•EXP: The girl was astounded by the stars that night.

चप३ questons

1.David feels like a traitor because he is telling on his mom for beating him.
2.Mrs. Gold explained to David that the judge was going to decide his fate.
3.When David entered the court he saw the judge.
4.Mrs. Gold would like David to tell the truth.
5.David wrote his mother a letter apologizing.
6.The letter David wrote apologized to his mother.
7.When Mrs. Gold tapped David on the shoulder he told her
8.I think David's mother didn’t speak when the judge spoke to her because she didn’t want to incriminate her.
9.David has a hard time deciding because he loves his mom and Mrs. Gold.
10.The judge asked David who he wanted to live with.
11.David Blurted out to the judge that he wanted to stay with the state.
12.The significant thing that made David go with courts is when he remembered his mom beating him.
13.David's mother gave him a hug and gave him some advice on life.
14.The only person to wave back to David was his mother.
15.I think David's mom’s reaction was fake.

Chap6

1.David’s father often would ask him “are you ok tiger” when they washed dishes together.
2.At one point David’s mother didn’t feed him for ten days.
3.David’s mom would sarcastically say “oh poor baby” when she would touchier him.
4.David wanted more than anything to be treated like a normal person.
5.Father is David’s protector because when he’s home his mom doesn't do as bad stuff to him as she usually does.
6.David goes 10 days without food when his dad isn't their.
7.Mother’s favorite games was the gas chamber and the cold bath.
8.The bucket mother would prepare would be ammonia and Clorox.
9.Mother got the idea from reading it somewhere.
10.David coughed up blood for an hour after the gas chamber.
11.David’s mother would beat him with a broom stick occasionally.
12.Mother makes David mow grass for money.
13.David’s brothers don’t help because they don’t have to help.
14.The first person to treat David with respect was his substitute teacher.
15.At David's house it was tradition to carve pumpkins for Halloween.
16.David’s mom decided to let him sleep in his fathers bed.
17.In the last month of summer a social worker came to David’s house.
18.David got roller skates for Christmas as a new torcher instrument.
19.David felt that he was back in the family when his mom apologized and promised to change.
20.Shirley was the next door neighbor who lived across the street.
21.When Shirley was around mom acted like a kind loving parent.
22.His mother changed an was nice.
23.Yes David's mother returned to her normal self after a while.
24.David believes her because he just wants to be loved.
25.Mother was only kind to David because she new a social worker was coming.

chap6

•Disposal- : the power or authority to dispose or make use of as one chooses
•EXP: The Disposal get rid of any excess food.
•Pathetic- : having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity
•Exp: The little poor boy with the tattered clothes looked pathetic.
•Lenient- exerting a soothing or easing influence
•Exp: The principal was real lenient with her punishment
•Morbid- of, relating to, or characteristic of disease
•Exp: The woman weighed 500 ponds and was morbidly obese.
•Deteriorated- to become impaired in quality, functioning, or condition
•Exp: The body deteriorated after three days in the sun.
•Instinctively- prompted by natural instinct or propensity : arising spontaneously
•Exp: The alligators instinctively know how to swim when they get in the water.
•Dignity-the quality or state of being worthy, honored, or esteemed
•Exp: The man had no dignity after the whole crowd spit on him.

chapter4vocab

•Mischief-(noun) A source of harm or irritation
•Exp-Meredith's little brother Timmy was always involved in mischief playing pranks and a number of other things.
•Radically-(adverb) In a radical or extreme manner
•Exp-The aircraft shook radically after taking a missile hit to the right engine.
•Timidly-(Adjective) Lacking courage or self confidence.
•Exp-The nerd timidly asked for his money back from the bully.
•Scurried-(Intransitive Verb) To move in a brisk pace.
•Exp-The rat scurried through the corn field.
•Feverishly- (Adjective) Tending to cause fever
•Exp- The girl feverishly sneezed all over the school desk.
•Thrashing-(Verb) To beat or strike in a rapid manner
•Exp- Floyd Maywheather was thrashing Arturo Gotti in his championship bout.
•Badgered-(Verb) To harass or annoy
•Exp-The little boy badgered his big sister to let him watch TV late.
•Relentlessly-(Adjective) Promising no abatement of severity, intensity, strength, or pace
•Exp- The rabbit relentlessly ran the race against turtle.
•Scorched-(Adjective) parched or discolored.
•Exp-The earth was scorched by the wildfire.

•Tactic-(Noun) a device for accomplishing something.
•Exp- Terrorist use the gorilla warfare tactic to win wars.
•Infuriated-(Verb) Angry or filled with furry
•Exp- David’s mother was infuriated with him because he was good.

चप्टर ४

1.David would have would have to steal food to make sure that he ate.
2.At home David was punished by his mother by making him eat vomit.
3.David's Father stood by while his mother abused him he could have intervened or helped or at least gave him some food to eat.
4.David’s mom told the principle that David was jealous of his new baby brother an that he made up stories for attention.
5.David’s mom would punish him by making him eat poop from his baby brothers diary.
6.David was forced to eat his own vomit.
7.David’s punishment was very unreasonable because they don’t even make people in prison eat their own vomit.
8.At school David is treated like an outcast because he has dirty close and steals food.
9.David had derived a plan to run to the store during lunch and steal food it was not successful because he would always loose the food.
10.I think David’s mother doesn’t feed him because she in insane.
11.David’s mom found out he was eating because her neighbor called and said he was begging for food.
12.David's Dad wouldn’t do anything to help him but watch helplessly.
13.I have no idea why David's father will not help him.
14.David hate’s his mom because she abuses him he hates his dad because he lets the abuse go on.
15.David's next plan is to beg for food this works until he goes to his moms friends house by mistake.
16.David's mother outraged by him eating forces him to drink ammonia as punishment for eating.

चप्टर 3
1.David’s unfortunate luck was getting caught at mischief.
2.David’s brother never received the same punishments as him for example when him an his brothers were playing his mom ran past them and beat them for no reason.
3.David’s mother displayed a character change when she started making stuff up to beat him.
4.When David saw his mother in a nice dress it means that she is happy and not beating him.
5.The difference in the corner treatment and the mirror treatment is he gets his head slammed in the mirror. I would rather get the corner treatment because it’s less violent.
6.David would often fantasize about finding what his mother would have him looking for and her hugging and kissing him for finding it.
7.When David’s father would be around it meant David did not have to get beat an that his mom would just ignore him.
8.David’s parents had a very unhealthy relationship because they were both drunkards.
9.The first major abuse from his mom is when she dislocated his arm.
10.His mom told him to sleep on the top bunk so she could tell the doctor he fell of the top bunk.
11.School for David was heaven because he got to get away from his mother.
12.Even though David’s mom treated him poorly his loved her unconditionally.
13.When David tries to tell his mother his feelings she shoves a bar of soap down his throat.
14.If David wants to survive he would have to think smart to delay the abuse that he was taking.
15.David’s mom loves Ron and thinks that he is a good boy and treats him way better than she treats David.

Chapter 11.In the house and the school.2.His mother is a antagonist and is evil. 3.She slaps him for not doing the dishes before school and she doesn't feed him all the time. 4.He is treated badly by the kids but the nurse treats him kindly an cares about him. 5.He has chipped teeth tattered clothes and shoes with holes in them. 6.The police are involved by taking him into custody because he is being abused.
Chapter 21.The Brady bunch because they are a TV show that depicts a perfect family.२
.His mom is crazy and evil. Hid dad is caring. The nurse is kind and caring. The nurse worry's about him. His mom doesn't care about him. I don't know much about his dad.3.His mom worked wonders with everything she did.4.It is a magical time and very pleasant. 5.He means everyday was filled with bliss and love. 6.In his mothers arms near the river.