Your ComPosigien Nove Rook, Aw Coe weer 200 Weeos CHAE TO LABEL ERCH RESfoNsE wert THe Tiree, DUE : Monday ce tt, cereal Chapter One ‘The Black Eye of the Month Club” In this chapter, Amold describes what he calls his “abnormalities —fluid on the brain, too many teeth, less than perfect Looks, He goes on to explain thet he draws cartoons as a chance 10 “escape the reservation.” Describe the ways in which you are or are not “normal.” Or, describe the things you do to “cscape” the conditions of your daily life, What is your “reservation,” and what ways do you imagine of leaving it? Chapter Two “Why Chicken Means So Much to Me” In this chapter, Arnold describes the ways poverty sets limits on his life, starting with his parents? experiences and ending with the story of Oscar, He’says, “Poverty doesi’t give you strength or teach you lessons about perseverance, No, poverty only teaches you how to be poor (13), To what extent do you agree with him? Use examples from the book or from your own experiences to support your points, Chapter Three “Revenge is My Middle Name” In this chapter we meet Rowdy, Amold’s best friend, According to Amold, “Rowdy might be the most important person” in his life, “(maybe more important than. family” (24), ‘The chapter ends with the line, “Rowdy and I are inseparable” (24). Do you have, or have you ever had a friend from whom you were “inseparable”? Describe that person, Are you still close to that person? If'so, how do you spend your time together? If not, what led you to “separate”? Based on what you know so far, do you think that Arnold and Rowdy will remain “inseparable”? What factors might come between them? Chapter Four “Because Geometry is Not a Country Somewhere in France”: On Amold’s first day of high school, he reccives his geometry book, only to discover that it was the same book his mother had used when she was in high school, “My school and my tribe are 0 poor and sad that we have to study from the same dang books our parents studied from. That is absolutely the saddest thing in the world” (31). Why do you think Amold is so upset about using a thirty-year-old geometry book? What possible messages does the age of the book send to the students at that school? How would you feel? Why?