Dunk Test will be Wednesday Oct. 10th
Chapter 18:
1. What does Malcolm do to Chad when he gets home?
They “wrangle”
2. What does Chad’s mom say about what being poor really means?
a. No food or place to live is really being poor
3. Why is the Boardwalk so dangerous after 7pm?
a. People riding bikes, people on rollerblades, joggers
4. Why is 7 am a great time to pick up jobs on the boardwalk?
a. People are just opening up their places
5. What is the Sand Buggy?
a. Motel where they like to go swimming
6. What makes Chad think there is still something wrong with Jason?
a. He wanted to go practice even though he had just finished practice
7. Who does Chad see as he passes The Cat A Pult?
a. GWEN!!
Chapter 19:
1. Does Gwen Remember Chad?
a. Yes, and calls him by name
2. What distracts her as she talks to Chad?
a. Jason because he is “acting a fool”
3. Who shows up to investigate the problem?
a. The same two cops from before
4. What happens?
a. Jason and Chad get arrested
Chapter 20:
1. What crime did the old man in the cell commit?
a. Bank robber
2. What tape plays through Chad’s head as he waits in the cell?
a. A flashback of his dad getting arrested…
Chapter 21:
1. Who do the police think has come to pick up Chad?
a. His dad
2. Where is Jason?
a. In the hospital
3. Why does Officer Manetti cut Chad a break?
a. He has a son around Chad’s age
4. Who was waiting when Chad was released?
a. Malcolm!!!!!
5. What crime does Chad think Malcolm has committed?
a. Impersonating a parent
Chapter 22:
1. Chad finds out that Jason has been in what section of the hospital?
a. ICU
2. What mistake is on the message of Jason’s family’s answering machine?
a. It says they are on the beach
3. What does Chad do when he gets to the boardwalk?
a. Chad goes inside the tank and starts yelling at himself.
He was very mad at himself
Chapter 23:
1. What do Jason’s parents think to be the cause of his illness?
a. Drugs
2. Why doesn’t Chad like beer?
a. He doesn’t like the taste and it reminds him of his dad
3. The doctor tells Jason’s parents that he is pleased to rule out one major possibility?
a. Stroke
4. Why did the doctor suspect something like that?
a. His lungs, adrenal glands, and kidneys are affected
5. What does Jason’s mom do when Chad calls later in the day?
a. She hangs up on him
6. What is Jason’s dad worried about?
a. Not being able to finish a roofing job
7. What does Chad volunteer to do?
a. Help Jason’s dad with the roofing job
Chapter 24:
1. Where did Chad learn to hang roofing shingles?
a. Working during the summer with Jason’s dad
2. What does Jason’s dad have to lose by the kids helping him with the job?
a. A lot if they get hurt
3. Who does Chad call to help?
a. Cory and Mike
4. Who shows up unexpectedly?
a. Ellie
5. How does she demonstrate that she can do the job?
a. She takes a nail and drove it into the wood with one single whack!
6. What does Chad plan to do after resting for a few minutes?
a. Go up to the boardwalk to see Gwen
7. What ended up happening?
a. He passed out and didn’t wake up until the next day
8. Why doesn’t Chad like the videos that are available in the hospital?
a. They are all sad movies about people dying
Chapter 25:
1. What does the doctor tell Chad about Jason’s illness?
a. He says that he has an Autoimmune disease-
2. 2. What did Jason’s drug test show?
a. –
3. What does the doctor suggest that Chad do to help Jason?
a. Keep his spirits up
4. What does he think of to do?
a. Bring him maps of California and plans
Chapter 26:
1. Gwen questions Chad about his anger. Why is this a big issue for her?
a. Her sister married a guy who had anger issues and broke her jaw
2. What advice does Chad keep giving himself as he talks to Gwen?
a. ----
3. Why doesn’t he ask her out?
a. ----
4. What does Jason say about Chad’s California plans?
a. ---
5. Why doesn’t Chad even want to be in Jason’s room visiting?
a. Smells too clean, and wants to be with Gwen
6. What does Jason’s mom tell Chad about his friendship with Jason? Does he defend himself?
a. She told him Jason doesn’t need his thug friend around, and needs rest
Chapter 27:
1. What is the matter with Chad?
a. He is really depressed
2. How does he handle his disappointments?
a. He stays on the couch for a couple of months
3. Who comes to cheer him up?
a. His friends
4. How does he respond to them?
a. He stays on the couch
5. What job does Malcolm offer Chad?
a. A bozo position
6. What happens between them?
a. They Quarrel- Chad hits him in the crotch
7. How does Malcolm finally get his attention?
a. He pushes the couch over
8. What secret does Malcolm reveal to Chad?
a. Tells him about losing his Wife and son
9. How does Chad feel after the altercation?
a. Relieved and freed
Chapter 28:
1. What does Malcolm bring to Chad? What does he suggest Chat do?
a. Comedy Movies, books, tapes to study them to help practicing for the Bozo position
2. What does Chad realize he can do now?
a. He had a choice about how he can react to all of the bad stuff
3. What were the stacks of videos Malcolm loaned Chad?
a. Comedy videos
4. What is the name of Jason’s disease?
a. Wexler-Schiff Antibody Syndrome
5. Is it common? Is there a cure?
a. Not common, no cure
6. How does he look when Chad sees him again?
a. He looks like a “ghost”
7. What movie did they watch?
a. Horse Feathers
8. What happened when Jason’s mom came in the room?
a. Jason was coughing and she yelled at Chad for coming to see him and then kicked him out.
9. What does she say?
a. She asked, “Don’t you ever think? He needs rest!”
10. What does Jason ask Chad to do?
a. Come back to see him tomorrow….
11. Where does Chad go after he leaves the hospital?
a. He goes to the beach and sits with Ellie then gets a spot on the beach to lay out
12. What does he do there?
a. He starts reading a few of the books
Chapter 29 Questions:
1. How does Malcolm have Chad prove he is ready for the Bozo tank?
a. He has him practice on a guy walking down the street
2. Is Chad successful?
a. No
3. Malcolm suggests that Chad come back to work. Why?
a. He wants him to start learning from listening to him as a bozo
Chapter 30 Questions:
1. What does Chad take to the hospital with him?
a. Insult book and 3 videos
2. Chad is surprised that his mother knows that Malcolm is carrying a lot of hurt. Why?
a. He didn’t think she would be able to tell
3. Is Bob surprised to see Chad?
a. no
4. What is the lesson Chad learns about choosing a mark?
a. Choose th4e ring leader
5. Who does Chad get a pizza with after work?
a. Malcolm
6. Why isn’t Malcolm working as an actor?
a. No one wants a crippled actor
7. What advice does Malcolm give Chad? Does Chad learn that Malcolm isn’t taking his own advice?
a. “GET OFF THE COUCH”- No
8. What does Jason’s mom accuse Chad of doing?
a. Trying to kill him
9. What was missing from Jason’s room when Chad went back?
a. VCR
Chapter 31 Questions:
1. How does Chad make-up for the lack of a VCR?
a. He starts trying out his Bozo talents on the people walking by
2. Who is his favorite character?
a. Groucho
3. What saying does Chad remember from his PE teacher?
a. “Whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.”
4. How does he relate that to his present situation?
a. What he is going through isn’t killing him, so it must be making him stronger
5. Why does Jason say Chad wants to be the Bozo?
a. Because he would be good at it
6. Who is waiting for Chad on the porch when he gets home?
a. Malcolm
Chapter 32 Questions
1. Who is driving the Lincoln that picks them up?
a. Doc
2. How does Chad explain his absence?
a. Had to take care of something that he had been avoiding
3. Who do they take him to see?
a. Bozo named Jordy
4. What nickname does Jordy give Doc?
a. Slim
5. What is wrong with Chad’s first practice comment?
a. 1- cruel 2- talking to him but making fun of her
6. What rating does Malcolm tell Chad to aim for? Why?
a. G, too many families on the boardwalk
7. What do Patch Adams and The Anatomy of an Illness teach about illness?
a. Laughter can help cure illness
8. What has improved for Jason?
a. Enzyme levels were getting better
9. What other ‘wound’ does Chad decide to finally take care of?
a. Gwen
Chapter 33 Questions:
1. Does Gwen like Anthony?
a. Yes
2. What character trait does she most admire about him?
a. Honest and tells her how he feels
3. Why is Chad alarmed at Gwen’s plans for the evening?
a. It is a party that will have drugs and alcohol, he didn’t think she was that kind of girl
4. What does Malcolm offer him to cheer him up?
a. Caramel Apple
5. What does Malcolm agree with Jason about?
a. That Bozo’s are cruel
6. What caused Malcolm’s accident?
a. One car spun out of control
7. How many people were killed?
a. two
8. What is wrong when Malcolm and Chad get home?
a. Police are there
Chapter 34 Questions:
1. Who does Chad think has been hurt when he first runs to the house?
a. His mom
2. Why are they there?
a. They were tipped off that Chad was the drug supplier
3. What were they looking for?
a. Drugs
4. What do they find?
a. A shoebox of money- $378
5. Who tipped the police off?
a. Malcolm
6. Why does Manetti tell Costas to shut up?
a. They have “real” criminals to get to
Chapter 35 Questions:
1. What does Chad’s mom say when she finds out he has a job?
a. She couldn’t believe he had been lying to her
2. Why does Chad think that nothing that involves Malcolm is simple?
a. Even though he was mad at Malcolm for calling and tipping off the police, he understood why he did it
3. How did Malcolm tell the police they could identify the money as Chad’s pay from the dunk talk?
a. Ketchup and Mustard stains on the money
4. Who does Chad’s mom blame for everything? Why?
a. Herself for not being there at home enough
5. What does Chad remember about his father?
a. The day he left his mom- ****FLASHBACK*****
Chapter 36
1. What is the term for a disease going away, either permanently or for a short time?
a. Remission
2. What happened when Malcolm visited Jason in the hospital?
a. Jason started getting better, and his mom blew up, but then settled down after talking to Malcolm.
3. What advice does Waldo give Chad?
a. If you can’t think of anything, say “Hey you’re ugly!” ***IRONY*****
4. Who ends up being Chad’s first mark?
a. Corey- dressed up to make himself an easy mark
5. What do Chad’s friends do for him and for Jason?
a. Humiliated themselves and recorded Chad in the tank to show Jason
6. Who does Chad spot as he finishes for the evening?
a. Gwen
Chapter 37:
1. How does Chad get Gwen’s attention?
a. He calls her by her full name and then tells her that he couldn’t
imagine a summer without her.
2. Did Gwen enjoy Anthony’s brother’s party?
a. No, she didn’t go into the house
3. What does Chad tell her?
a. That he has thought about her since last summer
Chapter 38:
1. What is the prognosis for Jason?
a. His auto-immune disease has gone into remission and there are no signs of relapse.
2. How have Chad and his mom healed?
a. He is making sure to spend more time with her.
3. How has Malcolm healed?
a. He is happy to be teaching and also nervous about the new school year.
4. A choice isn’t a _TATTOO________. There are no do-overs with _LIFE________.