chapter4

1.What did David do to make sure he gets food?David would get food from the nurse.
2.In detail, tell me in details of the punishments he received at home.David had many punishments one of his punishments was to go to bed with out eating.3.How did his dad t to help?His dad said he would sneak him a couple of scraps. What do you think he could of done differently?I think he should of taken his son and took care of him and divorce his wife for the cruel things she did.4.What was his mom’s story and reason to the principle for David's abuse at home?David's moms' excuse to the principal was that he was really jealous of his brothers and would do bad things to get attention.5.How did his mom punish him in this chapter? Davids mom would punish him by making throw up food and eat it.6.What did she force him to eat?David's mom made him eat his brothers shit.7.Do you think his punishment is reasonable?I think his mom is insane and needs to get some serious help no child should have to go throught that much and plus he didnt even do anythin jus his apperence disguestes her for no reason.8.How do the other students treat him at school?At school the other students treat him horrible all the time he comes inside and they start looking at him nasty and just giving him weird looks.9.What were his plans to get food? Was it successful?David's plan was to steel the food from the store while he was at recess10.Why do you think his mom is not feeding him?I have no Idea why his would not feed, i think she is just trying to be cruel.11.How did his mom know he was eating?His mom knew that he had been eating because she had caught him digging threw the trash can eating12.What does dad do?The dad doesn't really do anything, He is weak and scared of his wife, I have no idea why the dad and the mom are getting divorce and now he’s leaving .13.Why doesn’t he help his son?He doesn't help his son because he is scared of his wife, he doesn't like being home and he drinks.14.Why does David hate his dad more than his mom?David hates his dad more because his dad did not do anything to help stop the horrible abuse that has been happening.15.What is David's next plan to get food ? Did it work?David's next plan was that he would get little portions of food out the fridge.16.What does mom end up feeding him? How does he respond to it? His mom ends up feeding him amonia, he tries to eating it even to he wants to fight it.

1. What did Dave start to believe about a month before he entered the fifth grade?A month before he entered the fifth grade, that for him there was no god.
   
2. •When he was given the luxury of food he…when he was given luxury of food he ate like a homeless dog; grunting like an animal at mothers commands.
   
3. •During all the years Dave’s prayed to god, how many times did he answer his prayers?the years Dave prayed to god, god only answer his prayers once and that was to make his mother very ill.
   
4. •What had he asked god for when god answered his prayer?he asked god to make his mother very ill so she wouldn't beat him anymore.
   
5. •why does he call himself a robot? he calls himself a robot because,he has no feelings no emotions at all.
   
6. •How does David begin to change? David began to change he started acting out not listening getting smart and doing what he wanted.
   
7. •How does he feel about life and everything around him? the way he feels about life is he thinks he has no reason to live he wants to die already.
   
8. •How does he feel about mom, dad and brothers?he just feels that his mother would die already, as for his brothers he look at them as not his brothers anymore and hi dad he doesn't care for him anymore because his dad use to be his hero but his dad doesn't help him in any way so he's not his hero anymore.
   
9. •How does he feel about himself?He feels that he shouldn't live he wants to die already.
   
10. •Who is Aggie?aggies is a girl at school she show s off in front of her friends to make herself feel good and to get attention.
    
11. •What did Aggie tell him to do when they went on the trip?Aggie told him to jump off the boat.
    
12. •Why did Mr. Ziegler make a special effort to start treating Dave as a normal kid? Mr. Ziegler started treating David like a normal kid because he went and talked to some of the staff and they told him about his situation at home so he let him get away wit stuff.
    
13. •What did his mother say to him about how he could impress her? What did she consider him?when he got a good report his mother didn't think nothing of it she said that he is nothing and will never be nothing hes just a it and she wish he were dead just for doing good in school.
    
14. •How did he begin to purposefully irritate his mother?he purposefully irritated his mother by not wiping the bathroom floors left food on the dishes talked back to his brothers and whatever else he want to do.
    
15. •Why did his mother pack his fathers stuff?Mother packed fathers things because they were getting a divorce.
    
16. • How does his brother contribute to David’s abuse?his brothers contribute by stepping on his back for getting smart in the store and not listening to mother.
    
17. •What kept him sane? Why/what kept him sane was his little brother Kevin because he was so precious and he loved him so much.
    
18. •What would you do to keep yourself sane if you were in his shoes? I would have to my teachers at school.
    
19. •What happens to father towards the end? How does David feel about him?at the end father leaves,he hates him even more because he left and he didn't help him.
    
20. •What was the last thing he smelled from him?the last thing he smelled was his cologne.