chapter 2 vocabulary

Provisions: a clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
Bitterness: having a harsh, disagreeably acrid taste, like that of aspirin, quinine, wormwood, or aloes
Hysterical: of, pertaining to, or characterized by hysteria
Pious : having or showing a dutiful spirit of reverence for God or an earnest wish to fulfill religious obligations
Anguish: excruciating or acute distress, suffering, or pain: the anguish of grief.
Console : to alleviate or lessen the grief, sorrow, or disappointment of; give solace or comfort: Only his children could console him when his wife died.
Monotonous : lacking in variety; tediously unvarying: the monotonous flat scenery.
Scouring :to remove dirt, grease, etc., from or to cleanse or polish by hard rubbing, as with a rough or abrasive material: to scour pots and pans.
Truncheons: the club carried by a police officer; billy
Auschwitz : a town in SW Poland: site of Nazi concentration camp during World War II. 39,600.

chapter 7 vocabulary

indifference: lack of interest or concern: We were shocked by their indifference toward poverty.
Distinguish: to mark off as different (often fol. by from or by): He was distinguished from the other boys by his height
Halt: to stop; cease moving, operating, etc., either permanently or temporarily: They halted for lunch and strolled about.
Inert: having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active ): inert matter
Spectacle: anything presented to the sight or view, esp. something of a striking or impressive kind: The stars make a fine spectacle tonight.
Vitality: exuberant physical strength or mental vigor: a person of great vitality.
Spectators: a person who looks on or watches; onlooker; observer.
Disengage: to release from attachment or connection; loosen; unfasten: to disengage a clutch.
Grimace: a facial expression, often ugly or contorted, that indicates disapproval, pain, etc.
Loomed: a hand-operated or power-driven apparatus for weaving fabrics, containing harnesses, lay, reed, shuttles, treadles, etc.
Convoy: to accompany or escort, usually for protection: A destroyer convoyed the merchant ship.
Cargo: the lading or freight of a ship, airplane, etc.
Livid: having a discolored, bluish appearance caused by a bruise, congestion of blood vessels, strangulation, etc., as the face, flesh, hands, or nails.
Wailing: to utter a prolonged, inarticulate, mournful cry, usually high-pitched or clear-sounding, as in grief or suffering: to wail with pain.
Buchenwald :site of a former Nazi concentration camp in central Germany, near Weimar.

chapter 8 vocabulary

Emerged: to come forth into view or notice, as from concealment or obscurity: a ghost emerging from the grave; a ship emerging from the fog.
Hillock: a small hill
Timid: characterized by or indicating fear: a timid approach to a problem. Origin:
tiers : a layer; level; stratum: The wedding cake had six tiers. All three tiers of the firm's management now report to one director.
Beseeching: to implore urgently: They besought him to go at once
Livid: enraged; furiously angry: Willful stupidity makes me absolutely livid.
Dysentery: Pathology. an infectious disease marked by inflammation and ulceration of the lower part of the bowels, with diarrhea that becomes mucous and hemorrhagic
Invalids: a person who is too sick or weak to care for himself or herself: My father was an invalid the last ten years of his life.
Feverish: pertaining to, of the nature of, or resembling fever: a feverish excitement.
Spasmodically: resembling a spasm or spasms; sudden but brief; sporadic: spasmodic efforts at reform.
Summons: a request, demand, or call to do something: a summons to surrender.
Conscience: the inner sense of what is right or wrong in one's conduct or motives, impelling one toward right action: to follow the dictates of conscience.
Delirious: wild with excitement, enthusiasm, etc.: She was delirious with joy at the news.
Pleaded: to use arguments or persuasions, as with a person, for or against something: She pleaded with him not to take the job.
Cauldrons: A state or situation of great distress or unrest felt to resemble a boiling kettle or vat: a cauldron of conflicting corporate politics.

chapter 8 questions

Part One:
Wiesel treats his father with support and hope. He tells his father not to give up and that they will make it. Elie gave his father the rest of his soup when they didn’t feed his father. He has to look after his father and make sure he is fine.
I think that his attitude was understandable because its torture and they would want to survive and fight for themselves. Its harder when you have to look after someone else. Its good that even though they barely got any food, Elie sometimes would sacrifice some and give it to his father. I concur with the way that Elie was thinking and his attitude.
Elie cries when he gets whooped. When his father dies, he does not cry even though it hurts him that his dead and it also hurts him that he cant cry.
I just felt that he was a strong person. All the pain and the killing is something most people cant survive. At a young age, he was encountered with pain and torture and I just think what would it be if that was me or my sisters or my family. I felt so sad, so bad, and at the same time hurt because what happened to him was a horrible experience, beyond what words can explain. I don’t even know what to say to him, maybe sorry for all the pain. I just want to know how he felt as soon as he was freed and what happened after that.
Part two:
When an inmate told him that they were going to take showers he was fascinated. They had a long journey that’s why he was fascinated.
It was not easy because hundreds of prisoners were crowding there. The guards were unable to keep order.
His father changed because he longer care about surviving and making it through the Holocaust.
He meant that when he was arguing with his father he felt that he was fighting more with dead than his father because he was giving up on life.
He was ashamed of thinking that it be better if his dad was dead or gone. He was thinking that it be better if his dad was no there and he could probably have more chances of surviving.
He didn’t eat anything because he was thirsty and since he was ill, they didn’t want to feed him because they thought it would be a waste of food.
Elie’s father is getting ill and is losing hope. He seems to not care no more if he lives or not.
You live only fighting for yourself and not think of no one else. There are no fathers, no brothers, no friends. Everyone lives and dies for himself alone.
His last memory was his blood-stained face, his shattered skull.
His father died because the officer dealt him with a violent blow on the head with his truncheon.
Elie did no t cry because he had no more tears. It hurt him because he couldn’t cry.
I think he means that his father is free at last and at a better place.

chapter 5 questions p.t 1

part 1
1. He was doubting god because he saw a little kid and the rest of his family get hanged he also stopped asked praying because he said that there was no point.
2. The relationship with hi his dad was ok they would talk and Elie had a lot of questions for his dad about god and he would keep asking that if there was a god why was all this happening.
3. he was told to work while the guy that was supervising him and this girl told them that he had to do something but really he was doing this girl and Elie got caught and they lined everybody up and they showed everybody that this is what would happen if anyone was to disobey them and he got wiped to the point that he fainted

chapter 5 questions p.t 2

1. It was different because it was the last day of that accursed ear where the whole camp was electric with the tension.
2. 1.) “What does your greatness mean, Lord of the Universe, in the face of all this weakness, this decomposition, and this decay?” 2.) “What are you my God” 3.) “Why, but why should I bless him?”
3. The solemn service was sad. Eliezer didn’t believe none of that because he was questioning about how can God let such thing happen to them.
4. Yom Kippur was the Day of Atonement.
5. Elie did not fast mainly to please his father that had forbidden him to do so.
6. He felt there was no reason for him to fast and he longer accepted God’s silence.
7. He been transferred to another unit, a building one, he had to drag blocks of stone for like 12 hours.
8. They would write down his number and say it was good for the crematory.
9. They must get undressed then one by one go before the SS doctors. They can’t walk slowly they must run.
10. Dr. Mengele was the doctor that did weird experiments with the prisoners.
11. His dad was in panic because they wrote down his number.
12. The inheritance was a knife and a spoon that his dad gave him because he though he was going to die. They were important because they used those things to eat.
13. Yes, his dad live and Akiba Drumer was not so lucky.
14. He couldn’t feel his foot.
15. The journey was that they were marching to another camp.
16. So that they’ll realize there were men living there and not pigs.
17. I can say that his dad and son still have a strong relationship and they are thinking of each other and not been selfish. For example, when the father gives him a knife, spoon and also extra ratio of bread.
18. his neighbor met his at the hospital and told him that Hitler plan to kill all the Jews before the clock strikes 12.

chapter 4 question

Part one
I think that they cry because he was a young, nice, and loveable child that everyone liked. So people cried when they hanged an innocent child. I think they meant to say that God is within the child and that’s where he is at. The child was the only kid that was nice and he meant a lot to the people in their so he had a big meaning. I think this would change his future and the way he thinks and feels right now.
Part Two:
He was a German, an assassin’s face, fleshy lips, and hands like a wolf’s paws. He was so fat that he could barely move. He loved children.
Camp Buna was known to be a good camp.
I think they needed to stay in quarantine because since they were Jews, they thought that they were dirty and with diseases.
He needs to give up his shoes. He doesn’t give up his shoes because that’s the only thing he has from home.
The dentists was looking into their mouths because he was looking for gold.
Juliek was a bespectacled Pole with a cynical smile on his pale face that work in a warehouse for electrical equipment.
Elie’s job was sitting on the ground, count bolts, bulbs, and small electrical fittings.
Yossi and Tibi were brothers whose parents had been exterminated at Birkenau. They lived, body and soul for each other.
Alphonse was a German Jew. He was a young man with an extraordinary aged face, he was entirely devoted to the cause if his block.
Elie was taken to the dentist because he had a gold crown.
No, the dentist did not get what he wanted because Elie said that he wasn’t feeling good and that he had a temperature.
Elie and Idek got into a fight where Idek started hitting him on the chest and throwing him up and down making him bleed. Idek was a bad guy that didn’t like no one getting in his way.
The girl was a French girl, she gave him a mournful smile and slipped bit of bread into his hand. She also gave him like a little advice.
I think Elie had no pity for his dad because he was used to all the pain and misery that he felt no more emotions.
Franek notices that he has a gold crown and asks him to give up. So he tortures his father with marching and the stepping until they give in.
Elie’s consequence was 25 strokes with a whip.
People didn’t escape because they were no longer afraid of death at any rate. The bombs filled them with joy and gave them confidence.
They were not afraid because they enjoy feeling a little taste of revenge.
Elie’s said that he is with the little young boy been hanged.
Yes, I think his religion is dying in a way because of all his pain and misery his going through.

chapter 8 questions

Part one:
Wiesel treats his father with care and with love. Wiesel feels that it be easier for him to survive if his father wasn’t there no more because it will be less worry.
I think it was. No matter what its his father and the last thing he has.
He weeps when he is been whipped but he doesn’t cry when his father dies.
Part Two:
E lie was fascinated about taking a hot bath and going got sleep. He was tired from all that running in the cold.
No it was not easy to take showers. It was crowed and everybody was trying to shower, and the guards could not even take control.
His father is now ill and weaker. He has changed because before he had motivation to live and make it through with his son. Now he has given up and wants to die
He felt that when he was persuading his dad not to give up that he felt more like he was talking or fighting with death than his father.
Elie was ashamed because he thought that if his father died, that be a less pain on his shoulders. He would not have to worry about him no more and just worry about himself.
He didn’t eat nothing because since he was ill, they didn’t feed him because they thought it would be a waste of food.

~~*chapter 7 Questions*~~

Part one:
He helped his father by waking him up when they were going to throw him out of the train.
About the father having a piece of bread in his chest and his son beating his own father for piece of bread. At the end they both end up dying though.
Only a dozen, 12, had got out of the wagon. They had arrived at Buchenwald.
The father had less hoped now and the son was the one encouraging his father.
I would feel so worthless and probably still try to stay alive. I will feel painful, hurtful, and at the same time mad.
Part two:
The setting is that they are in a carriage stack up with other prisoners as well. Its freezing and cold.
That it doesn’t matter if they die today or tomorrow because he thinks that either way there going to die at some point.
I think if Elie’s father was to die he will still be motivated to live for himself.
They got rid of the dead bodies so there can be more space in the carriage.
Life in this chapter was horrible. A lot of people died in this chapter. The Germans would throw bread at them and the prisoners would fight for them. People killed their own relatives even.
The men would fight like animals for a piece a bread when the Germans would throw some bread in the wagon.
The Germans think is some kind of entertainment. They do that to entertain themselves.
He was behaving like an animal or person without feelings. He was behaving like this because they we so hungry they didn’t care who they kill they just wanted to eat.
Elie is 15 years old in this chapter.
I could relate in some ways. Like his anger and him wanting to protect his father and fight for survival. At the same time, the pain and what he went through for me there's no such thing like that. I don’t even think my feelings like hunger, sadness, tears are the same as for him.
Meir Kats was a worker at the garden. He was strong and nice because he would bring vegetables to them.
A man attacked Elie, but Elie doesn’t know why?
This journey, they feel like at this point they are going to die and that this is the end.
They arrived at Buchenwald.
My prediction for next chapter is that his father is going to die and Elie is going to keep fighting for survival. I think people are going to die more too and that they are going to starved more.

vocabulary for chapter 1

Synagogue: a Jewish house of worship, often having facilities for religious instructions. The synagogue that the young boy attend meant a lot to his family.
Timidly: lacking self-assurance, courage, or bravery; easily alarmed; shy. The shy girl didn’t like talking in class.
Waiflike:
Cabbala: any occult or secret doctrine or science.
Encumbered: to burden or weigh down. She was encumbered with a suitcase and several packages.
Indulgently: characterized by or showing indulgence; benignly lenient or permissive. An indulgent parent lets her kids do what ever they please.
Revelations: the act of revealing or disclosing; disclosure. The revelations of my father made us all fear for our lives.
Mysticism: the beliefs, ideas, or mode thought of mystics.
Sighet:
Lorries: a long, low, horse-drawn wagon without sides. The lorries the Hungarian police had were to take us and move us around.
Betrothals: the act or state of being betrothed; engagement.
Emigration: an act or instance of emigrating. The emigration Jews from there home to ghettos shows how the German started taking control.
Billeted: job, position, appointment. The billeted to take the Jews out were to the Hungarian police.
Fascists: a member of a fascists movement or party. The fascists were the people the Jews were scared of.
Firmament: the vault of heaven; sky. The firmament was pleasant to look in the morning.
Premonition: a feeling of anticipation of or anxiety over a future event. One night I had a premonition that I was going to have a interesting and successful life.
Avid: keenly desirous; eager; greedy
Melancholy: a gloomy state of mind.

chapter 1 questions

Moshe the beadle was a man of all work at a Hasidic synagogue.
Elie is the boy that is telling the story. He is very religious and motivated about his God.
He studied the Talmud and at night ran to the synagogue to weep over the destruction of the Temple.
At that time, Hitler is taking in control and the massive destruction of the Jews.
At first when they took Moshe the beadle and almost killed him, then when they started limiting the Jews rights such as not been able to have valuable thing in their own home and that they have to wear the yellow star.
The things that happened after the Jewish community were arrested, is that the Jews weren't able to travel by train, couldn’t have gold or valuable things, they had to be home by 6 p.m. and had to wear the yellow star.
The Jews were asked to pack there stuff because of deportation.
They could only bring their personal stuff, clothes and food.
The community was very upset because they had to leave their homes where they had their valuable things, the kids were sad because that’s where they grew up on their childhood.
His mom keep repeating “ we must keep going, we must keep going.” she kept on saying this to stay optimistic and for her family not to give up so they can survive.
All the people were sent to ghettos.
The Weisel’s family went to a smaller ghetto.
The travel was like people left in a rush. The town was deserted. The synagogue was like a station, the altar was broken, the hangings torn and the walls were bar e. They spend a horrible 24 hours there.

chapter 2 questions

Part 1: One of the worst places I imagine myself is the Holocaust. I believe that is one of the worst human killing that I have ever imagine. This event is too much and I still cant believe how Hitler was able to effect millions of people and destroy so many Jews.
Part 2:
The ride was not comfortable at all. They didn’t get water and they would go thirsty for hours.
The Hungarian interpreter said that from that moment that they were under the authority of the German army. Those who had gold, silver, or watches in their possession must give their things up. And any one who is later found with any of those possessions will be shot on the spot. He also said that anyone who feels ill may go to the hospital car. And that’s all he said.
If someone escapes, they will all be shot like dogs.
Madame Schachlter was a lady who went insane while inside the cart. She would always cry and scream fire and that there’s a fire. She would annoy everybody else who was trying to get some sleep.
She would scream that there is fire and the furnace. I think she kind of knew what was coming towards them and that they were going to be cremated.
The people got annoyed and after a while they tided her up and then started beaten her up so she can be quite and stop screaming.
They arrived at Auschwitz.
The conditions were not that good

chapter 3 questions

Part 1: “ Never shall I forget the moments which murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to dust.” p.32
“ But I ceased to pray.” p. 42
One time I was locked up, I thought I couldn’t make it, that I was just going to keep messing up and add more time. I tried to believe in myself and God so he can help me overcome my time.
Part 2: This transformation occur from the Jews and prisoners seen their love ones been departed from them and seeing them been cremated.
“ ..Never shall I forget the little faces of the children, whose bodies I saw turned into wreaths of smoke beneath a silent blue sky.” p.32
“ Babies! Yes, I saw it- saw it with my own eyes…those children in the flames.” p. 30
I never felt like my pride, ego, faith or family has been striped away from me.
Part 3: I think the reason why they don’t rebel is because they cant get food or any weapons to actually carry their plans. The Nazi authorities don’t feed them that much for them to have strength and their faith is disappearing little by little.

chapter 6 questions

1.David character’s is changing because he is acting like he don’t care anymore. He’s changing because he feels like there’s no point in been a good boy.
2.Yes I can relate because when I don’t want to get hurt, I act mean and stop caring for things.
3.David started stealing stuff just because he wanted to.
4.The kids would follow him to the stores and give him a lot of attention.
5.He became fed up with the teeter totter effect of his new life.
6.David’s plan when he would get caught would be the off-the-cuff- lie and second would be he simply run like hell.
7.He wanted to get attention because it felt so good inside when the other kids would call his name and greet him.
8.Johnny was one of the kids in school. His dad was the store manager in Walgreens.
9.David was stealing a toy for Johnny and Johnny’s dad caught him.
10.Rudy is his foster dad. He disciplines on how the kids act bad and when they get into trouble. the Hill is where Rudy takes them and kick his butt.
11.David plan on running away.
12.He went to get his savings because he was going to run away.
13.David went to the Serra Monte 6 movie theater.
14.The manager from a store called Rudy. David gave him the number.
15.I think his dad never showed up or called because David’s mom probably didn’t let him.
16.Ms. Gold started crying because she didn’t want to loose David.
17.The meeting with Ms. Gold made him feel good and better.

chapter 5 questions

1.I think Larry is mean because he had a bad past and is hurt that’s why he acts mean.
2.David’s new found passion is riding his bike almost all day long.
3.When David came back home and Lilian wasn’t home, Larry started harassing David. Larry meant that he’ll kick David’s butt when he said clean your clock.
4.David fought back because he was tired of people always putting him down. Yes I think he was doing the right thing because is about time.
5.Chris real parents abandoned him as a small child.
6.Chris has been over a dozen foster homes.
7.It was Chris last year in foster home because he was 17 about to turn 18.
8.I think Larry just wanted David to call him uncle just to make David say whatever he wants.
9.Lilian took David to a psychiatrist so the doctor could help him in the head.
10.I don’t think the doctor was nice. No David reacted the way he felt so it was right nothing wrong with that.
11.The doctor kept calling David Daniel. If I was on David’s situation I would have been really mad and said something.
12.The sessions are awkward because when the doctor asks a question David answers but then the doctor cuts him off. Then when David tells the doctor that his named is David not Daniel the doctor ignores him.
13.Larry and David ride by David’s old house. I don’t think is a good idea because the mom is crazy and she could of hurt him.
14.I think David did it just to see what would happen.
15.David got in trouble for passing by his mothers house. The punishment was not like his mothers because he got grounded instead of getting beat up.
16.Lillian's important conversation with dad was
17.He was upset because the phone number was not in service no more. He thought it was another of mom’s game.
18.The dad never visits.
19.He wishes that he would come and that they would live together.

~* Chapter 8 Questions *~

1.David was treated differently because the other kids would eye him with suspicious, whenever he walked in a room they would flash him false smiles, and Big Larry brushed him off when he moved out.
2.Gordon visited David to tell him he had to pack his stuff because he was moving to another foster home. David was shocked and wonder if he had done something wrong.
3.The 2 ultimate rules were to never become attached and to never take someone’s home for granted.
4.Gordon couldn’t find a place for David to stay at.
5.Gordon would go to any foster home and ask the parents if they can take David on late notice.
6.David compares Gordon to a chameleon-personality.
7.David's new family was Joanne Nulls and Michael Nulls.
8.David’s new foster mom would treat David as a toy doll. She would insist in washing his hair and gave him two quarters for his allowance instead of $2.50.
9.He would spent most of his time wandering around the house he spend hours gazing at articles, then he would watch television, and then go to his room and color in his coloring book.
10.Joanne and Michael were having problems because Michael didn’t really want David in the house and Joanne found out that Michael was having an affair.
11.David has been in three homes so far.
12.The difference was that his new parents were black.
13.Gordon told him not to get near his mom and stay away from her.
14.Seven foster kids live with Vera.
15.The family environment was good and they like Jody because when ever he came home every body would compete for his attention.
16.Jody chuckled like Santa Claus and everyone compete for his attention when he was home.
17.David’s new friend is Carlos. Carlos is a shy Hispanic guy that speaks almost no English.
18.David runs into his brother Russell. He has bruises in his arms and his clothes is thin, he is skinny and his shoes old.
19.I think he is because Russell mentioned she drinks more and is worse than before.
20.David saw his mom behind Russell.
21.Jody was accused of statutory rape.
22.All the kids had to pack there stuff to go to another foster home or go to juvenile hall.
23.David ends up with the Alice Turnbough.

chapter 4 questions

1.David realize that his mom couldn’t physically harmed him no more.
2.David was now living with Lilian Catanze, his new foster mom.
3.David is adjusting ok, he feels hollow sometimes though.
4.David stop caring about his school things and lost interest in learning.
5.I think his older brother meant that they were different from the kinds that have their real parents when he said our “our kind”. He was warning him about other kids not accepting him because he’s a foster kid.
6.David didn’t care that the bigger boys were using him because he felt like he belong in a group.
7.In the month of July, David was place on his first foster home.
8.His new foster mother’s name was Lilian Catanze.
9.Ms. Gold was talking about David’s mom and his two brothers.
10.Ms. Gold meant that he steals stuff.
11.The rules of the house were that he was responsible for keeping his room clean and helping out with the chores. He was not to enter someone else’s room without their permission first. There was no lying or stealing in the house. If he wanted to go somewhere , to ask her for permission.
12.His new parents seem nice and that they like children a lot. Some of the other foster kids are disrespectful and some are nice. The family is big and has a variety of different kids.
13.David feels hollow because is not the same as when you are with your own family and people you love.
14.Larry Jr. told David that he was a wimp for letting his mom beat him up and for him not fighting back.
15.Mom’s attitude at first was kind then it was relaxed.
16.David is trying to earn money so he can fix his bike.
17.David finally feels like a normal kid when he is riding around in his bike.
18.He felt like he nearly coughed up his food when he opened the door because at the front door was his mom.

chapter 2 Questions

1.On March 5, 1973 was the day David got his prayers answered.
2.That day it all happened with lightning speed. He said bye to all his teachers and cried with all his heart.
3.The truth about David is that he was a good kid and that it was not his fault.
4.He did not get a chance to say bye to Mrs. Woodworth. He felt sad because she help him escape his loneliness through books.
5.The officer drove David to the county hospital.
6.The doctor recommended for David to get plenty of food.
7.Mom program into David’s head that he was a bad boy.
8.He realize he was safe when the police officer said that David’s mom would never hurt him again.
9.His new home is a foster home. The house look like a giant cabin with lots of open windows.
10.He had never heard the words foster home but knew that he would love the home.
11.When Aunt Mary grab his armed he covered his face and his knees began to shake.
12.David dreams about his mom and that she is after him trying to get him back. I think it might take time for David to get over those dreams.
13.Ms. Gold was David’s social worker. She was nice, understanding, and supportive. She would hug David when he cried and hold his hand.
14.David wouldn’t tell Ms. Gold the truth because he knew he was going back with his mom no matter what.
15.Mom is the same when Aunt Mary is on the phone.
16.David realizes the terrible position he has put her on.
17.I think the cycle of hatred moved onto another brother because since David is not home, mother doesn’t have anyone to released her anger on.
18.David retracts all his statements because he knows his mom is going to get him back and he doesn’t want to get her more mad and upset.

Chapter 3 Questions

1.David feels like a traitor because he expose the family’s secret.
2.Ms. Gold try to explain to David that the judge would decide if David would become a ward of the court or if he would return to his mom’s house.
3.When he walked into court he saw mother and the boys waiting on one of the benches and Ron had a cast on his leg.
4.Ms. Gold would like for David to tell the judge the truth.
5.David wrote a letter to his mom.
6.The letter say that he was sorry and that he didn’t mean to tell the family’s secret and to hurt the family. And he ask for forgiveness.
7.He said sorry for all the trouble he has caused her.
8.I think mom didn’t say anything because she knew that this time she couldn’t cover up all those years of abusing and neglecting her son David.
9.He has so much trouble because of part of him doesn’t want to hurt his mom and his family. Then again he didn’t want to caused any pain to Ms. Gold who had been so nice to him.
10.The judge ask him if he believes his home setting is undesirable he may become a ward of the court or he can return to his mom’s house.
11.David blurted out to the judge that he wanted to live with him and that he was sorry and that he didn’t mean to tell the secret.
12.The perfume Ms. Gold wore and when he imagined himself playing outside, laughing with the other children , playing basketball and running through Mary’s house where the significant things that made David realize he didn’t want to live with mom.
13.Mother told him to be a good boy , she will miss him, and to have a happy life. She gave him new clothes and toys. She hug him and told him bye.
14.When David waved good bye only his mother return the gesture.
15.I think mom’s reaction was pretty impressive and honestly I didn’t expect it because I thought she would be mad that she lost the case and didn’t get David back.

Chapet 3 Vocabulary Words

1.Aqueduct: (noun) A channel or passage in a body or an organ. The aqueduct is the boy’s body was healthy and in good shape.

2.Verge: (noun) the limit or point beyond which something begins or occurs. The girl next to me was on the verge of annoying me.

3.Pediatrician: (noun) a physician who specializes in pediatrics. When they notice the boy was badly hurt, they took him to a pediatrician.

4.Ramble: (verb) to wander around in leisurely, aimless manner. They rambled around until it was dark and time to go in.

5.Unison: (noun) a process in which all elements behave in the same way at the same time. The cheerleaders performed and cheered all in unison.

6.Depressors: (noun) any of various muscles that serve to draw down a part of the body. The depressors in the mans body cause him to be in pain.

7.Rehearsed: (verb) to retell or recite. Our dance class rehearsed the dance before we performed on stage.

8.Hypersonic: (adj.) noting or pertaining to speed that is at least five times that of sound in the same medium.

9.Surge: (noun) a strong, wavelike, forward movement, rush, or sweep. When she stepped on the brakes unexpectedly, we all surge in unison.

10.Nudged: (noun) a slight or gentle push or jog, with the elbow. The guy nudged his younger brother when they were walking home.

11.Astounded: ( verb) to astonish or bewilder. I was astounded when the judge gave me full program in GRF.

(((((((((((((((((( chapter 7 questions )))))))))))))

1.He started to believe that there was no God and no hope either.
2.He ate it all real quick he didn’t care no more if mom laugh at him or what everybody else think.
3.God only answer his prayers once during all those years.
4.He prayed to God that mom would get sick so she wont beat him up.
5.He calls himself a robot because is like he cant feel anything no more and lives the life like a robot.
6.David begins to change by being rebellious and disobeying his mother in public.
7.He feels like life isn't worthy it no more. He hates everyone around him.
8.He hates mom and wants her to die. He hates dad because he does nothing to help him. He hates his brothers because they beat him up too and don’t care about him.
9.He don’t care no more about him , he wants to die and get this over.
10.Aggie is a girl at his school that teases him in school and calls him names. She treats him bad and shows off her fancy clothes.
11.Aggie told him to jump when they went on a field trip.
12.Mr. Ziegler made an effort to treat him like a normal child because the nurse told him why David stole food and dress the way he did.
13.His mom tells him that there is nothing he could do to impress her and that he is nobody.
14.He began to irritate his mom by being careless and doing his chores in a careless manner.
15.Mother pack his fathers stuff because they were separating.
16.His brothers contribute by beating David up too.
17.His little brother named Kevin kept him sane because he was a baby and knew that Kevin didn’t hate him yet.
18.I would just think and worry only about me.
19.His father just disappears and David hates him.
20.The last thing he smell from him was his cologne.

•Disposal: (noun) a disposing or getting rid of something. Its important that we disposed trash the right way.

•Pathetic: (adj.) causing or evoking pity, sympathetic sadness, sorrow. The lady show a pathetic attitude towards us when we asked her for help.

•Lenient: (adj.) not strict, easy. The lenient teacher lets us do whatever we wanted.

•Morbid: gruesome; grisly. The monsters on the movie were gruesome creatures.

•Deteriorated: (verb) to disintegrate or wear away. The old, dirty clothes on my body were deteriorating as time pass.

•Instinctively: ( adj.) of, relating to, or prompted by instinct. I instinctively knew she was mad by the expression on her face.

•Dignity: ( noun) sign or token of respect. The way she

respected herself, it shows how much dignity the woman has.

chapter 6 questions

1.David's father would often ask him “ how are you tiger” and nice stuff.
2.During one period his mother did not feed David for 10 days.
3.She would say “ oh poor baby” and just laugh at him.
4.More than anything David wanted to be treated with a little bit of dignity and respect, like a normal person.
5.Father is the protector because when he's home, mom doesn’t do as much stuff as when he's gone.
6.David goes 10 days without food.
7.Some of mothers favorite games were the gas chamber, the cold baths, and making him skate in the snow for hours.
8.The bucket had Clorox and ammonia inside of it.
9.His mom got the idea from the newspaper and she wanted to try it.
10.David cough blood for over an hour.
11.She whooped him with the dog chains and the brooms stick.
12.She makes him mow lawns and bring her money back.
13.They don’t help because they don’t want to.
14.The first one to treat David with respect was a substitute teacher at his school.
15.It was a tradition at mothers house for the boys to carve designs on pumpkins.
16.His mother let him sleep in his fathers bed.
17.Mother came into the bedroom where David was in the P.O.W position and mom said she was tire of the way they was living. She apologize to him and said she was going to change.
18.David got skates for Christmas so he can skate in the snow for hours.
19.When his mom let him play with his brothers and say sorry to him and treated him like part of the family.
20.Shirley was a neighbor that became a friend of David's mom for a time.
21.She acted like a loving caring mom.
22.She told David that she was going to try to be a good mom and that she was going to change. She hug him and even cried with him too.
23.Yes, his mom return back to her normal, mean self.
24.David believe her because he really wanted some kind of love.
25.Her reasons for her kindness were because she knew a social worker was going to come and talk to them.

Chapter 5 Questions

1.When David turned 11 he knew about first aid and how to cure his wounds. He knew if look at his mom or brothers that he would get slap in the face.
2.David saw from the corner of his eyes his mom rocking in the chair like she was going to fall and the knife coming his way.
3. David's mom stabbed him in the stomach because she told him to finish the dishes on time or she was going to kill him.
4.The accident was that mom stabbed him. No I don’t think it was an accident at all.
5.Mom seem to feel a little bit of guilty but at the same time she showed no remorse.
6.She stabbed David in the stomach with a knife.
7.She told David that he could play outside with his brothers and that she would feed him later when he felt a little better.
8.His father told David to go back into the kitchen and finish the dishes before his mom gets more upset. He didn’t care all he was worry was about mom finding David talking to him.
9.It took David like an hour and a half to finish his chores.
10.The code of the family was that if we don’t acknowledge a problem, it doesn’t exist.
11.David thought that mom was trying to make it up to him or that she was feeling guilty.
12.David saw in his wound that it was bigger and it was with pus and dried blood.
13.Mother changes her attitude by being more nice and letting David play with his brothers. I think she did this because she felt a bit guilty even though she shows like no emotions.
14.David brain wash himself so he can block the pain away from him.

chapter 4 questions

1.David store food from his classmate, then other classrooms, then at a market, and then stealing food from the school cafeteria.
2.The mom would beat him up by punching him and kicking him. She would make him throw up by sticking her fingers in his mouth when he refused. Then one time she smashed a diaper into his face and told him to eat it.
3.David's dad try to help by sneaking food into the basement to him but it didn’t work. Also he would try to talk to his mom so she would give him some food at least.
4.She brought his baby brother to the principals office and said that David scratch and punch himself just to get attention because he was jealous of his little brother.
5.She beat him up like always and made him throw up forcefully. She also made him eat ammonia and drink Clorox and soap too. She mad him throw up and eat his own vomit.
6.She force him to eat the diaper poop and smashed it on his face.
7.I don’t think his punishments are reasonable because he is hungry and he gets punish for stealing food. Also he is a little boy and they beat him up too much.
8.Other students treat David like if he was not one of them. They make fun of him and sing mean songs to him and call him names.
9.Some of his plans was to go to the market during break and steal food. It work for a while until he got caught and the store manager call his mom. Also to steal food from the school cafeteria. It work but then his mom would make him throw up every day afterschool.
10.I think his mom is not feeding just so he could go steal food and get caught then his mom would have like an excuse to beat him up and call him a bad boy.
11.His mom knew he was eating because every day she would make him throw up and there would be food in the vomit.
12.Dad does nothing to try to help him anymore all he does is just be there but not for David.
13.He doesn’t because mom gives him excuses and she yells that David deserves it.
14.David hates his dad more because they were close and even though he sees him suffering he does nothing to help him just watching.
15.His next plan to get food is to beg for food on his way home. He goes door to door . Then he goes to a house that is a friend of his mom and he gets in trouble and caught.
16.His mom end up feeding him ammonia and he just eats it even though he tries to fight it .

voc ch 3

1.Mischief: (noun) conduct or activity that playfully causes petty annoyance. I cant stand the how mischief my little brother acts.

2.Radically: ( adj.) in a complete or basic manner. I radically ask the teacher for help in class.

3.Timidly: ( adj.) lacking self-confidence; shy. The timidly boy never wanted to ask questions in school when he was troubled.

4.Scurried: ( verb) to go or move quickly or in haste. I scurried to my house because I wanted to rest.

5.Feverishly: ( adj.) excited, restless, and uncontrolled, as if from fever. The boy couldnt stop cleaning feverishly.

6.Thrashing: ( verb) to beat with or as in flail, especially as a punishment. The crazy mom was thrashing the poor boy for not finishing his chores.

7.Badgered: ( verb) to harass or pester persistently. The guy badgered his girlfriend constantly because of his jealousy.

8.Relentlessly: ( adj.) steady and persistent. The young boy worked relentlessly to get paid.

9.Scorched: ( verb) to wither or parch with intense heat. The women scorched her old dresses.

10.Tactic: ( noun) an expedient for achieving a goal. The girl made a tactic in order to save money and buy a new car.

11.Infuriated: (verb) to make furious; enrage. The mom was infuriated because the boy disobey her orders.

chapter 3 questions

1.David's unfortunate of luck was getting caught in mischief.
2.David’s brothers did not get the same punishment as him because they would be playing while he is doing chores or getting beat up.
3.Mom display a character change by accusing David of things he didn’t do and making up excuses to beat him up. No I cant relate this to anyone I know.
4.Seeing his mom in a nice dress means that she is in a happy mood and its not going to be such a bad day.
5.The difference between corner and mirror treatment is that in the corner you just sit there and the mirror you have to have your head right next to the mirror and say you’re a bad boy. I would prefer the corner treatment because it seems less worse than the mirror treatment.
6.David would fantasize about finding what she lost and making his mom proud.
7.Life with father was more peaceful because mom would not act so bizarre around his dad or other people.
8.David and his dad relationship was good because his father did not treat him like his mom did.
9.The first major abuse from mom was when she popped David’s arm.
10.Her mom told David to sleep on the top bunk so she could tell him he fell of the top bunk. Her plan was to take him to the hospital and lie about how he hurt himself.
11.School for David was like an escape from the abusive home he has.
12.David love his mom and still wanted to be with her because he was still a little boy.
13.When David tries to tell his mom his feelings she doesn’t let him speak and she beats him up more because he talks without permission.
14.If David wants to live he has to buy time and get beat up rather than get burn.
15.Mom feels proud of Ron and happy that he is not a bad boy like David.