Chapter 1 “The Runaway”
1. What do you think this book is about?
2. where is the setting?
3. How old is david?
4. What is David’s daily routine?
5. What is he forced to do when he got home from school? And why?
6. Where does he sleep?
7. Why are weekends worst?
8. Who do his parents always argue about & why?
9. What is father job? Are you surprised?
10. p. 8 What simile does he use to describe how he feels?
11. p.10 how does David describe his mom’s eyes?
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13. Why does David leave his house? Where does David go to? If you were him what would you do?
14. Where does he feel safe, why?
15. what is going through his head while walking away?
16. Where does the police officer take him?
17. Who is Mark and What does Mark give Dave? What do you think of mark?
18. Who picks him up from the police station? And what does he tell the police the reason for Davids escape?
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1. What do you think this book is about?
ReplyDeleteI think this book is about David's childhood but more detailed, and what happens after he gets rescued.
2. where is the setting?
The setting starts of at his house, then he leaves his home and he is out in the streets and then he goes to the pizza bar.
3. How old is david?
David is nine years old.
4. What is David’s daily routine?
David's daily routine is doing his chores and playing his mothers games.
5. What is he forced to do when he got home from school? And why?
David is forced to throw up when he gets home from school, so his mother can be sure he didn't get anything to eat.
6. Where does he sleep?
David sleeps in the garage on an old army cot.
7. Why are weekends worst?
Weekends are the worst because no school means no food, and more time at the house.
8. Who do his parents always argue about & why?
David's parents always argue about him, they argue about him becausehis dad thinks he doesn't deserve to be treated that way.
9. What is father job? Are you surprised?
David's fathers job is a firefighter, yeah i'm surprised because because I don't know why he let's his wife over power him.
10. p. 8 What simile does he use to describe how he feels?
David describes himself feeling like an insect about to be squashed.
11. p.10 how does David describe his mom’s eyes?
David says his mothers eyes were ice cold and full of hatred.
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13. Why does David leave his house? Where does David go to? If you were him what would you do? David leaves and plans to go to a river but he ends up going to the pizza bar. If i was david I would have ran out the door right when she opened it.
14. Where does he feel safe, why?
Guernville was the only place he ever felt safe.
15. what is going through his head while walking away?
David is thinking if he should go back and that he deserves everything his mother does to him.
16. Where does the police officer take him?
The police officer takes David to to police station.
17. Who is Mark and What does Mark give Dave? What do you think of mark?
Mark is the pizza bar owner he gave david a soda and made him a pizza, i think mark is good.
18. Who picks him up from the police station? And what does he tell
David's father picks him up, and he is mad at him for leaving, he tells him that his mother went beyond crazy when he left.