Chapter 9-10 Pigman

Read the following sentence below from Chapter 10:

“I got a run in one of the new stockings last night. I didn’t notice it until I washed them this morning.” I could tell from the way she spoke that it was her way of thanking me for giving them to her.

“Where did you get the money for them?”

“I told you.”

“Tell me again.”

“I walked to school a few days instead of taking the bus.”

“You said you skipped lunch.”

“And I skipped lunch a couple of times.”

She mulled that over a few seconds, but she had to get to work on time and couldn’t devote her full energies to interrogating. She always makes me tell the same story over a week or so later to see if I slip up on any details.

Based on the context of this passage, mull most likely means?

• getting agitated

• think deeply

• stared for a long time

• hesitated

Chapter 9, John says that Norton's mother allows him to play with what when he is little?

• Swords

• Dolls

• Teddy bears.

• Toy soldiers.

Read the following sentence below from Chapter 9:

"Norton actually did play with dolls when he was a kid. That was his mother’s fault, just like in that “Dear Alice” column. When he was old enough to know better, he didn’t play with dolls anymore. But the kids used to make cracks about him, so that made him go berserk around the age of ten. He was the only berserk ten-year-old in the neighborhood. From then on he turned tough guy all the way. He was always picking fights and throwing stones and beating up everybody. In fact, he got so tough he used to go around calling the other guys sissies."

Based on the context of this passage, berserk most likely means?

• sad

• joker

• crazy

• serious

Read the following sentence below from Chapter 10:

John got particularly wild at one point when Mr. Pignati was It and there weren’t many obstacles you could skate around on the ground floor except the kitchen table, and that got mundane after awhile. So John was off, running up the stairs to the bedroom with his skates on, and we were all howling with laughter. Clomp! Clomp! What a racket those skates made. And Mr. Pignati started right up after him, puffing like crazy, his face redder than a beet. Clomp! Clomp! Clomp! right up the stairs.

Suddenly, just a few steps up, Mr. Pignati stopped. He started to

gasp for air and turned around to face me at the bottom of the

stairs… trying to speak. Only a horrible moan came out.

Based on the context of this passage, mundane most likely means?

• strange

• blessing

• excited

• boring

Chapter 9, As a result of what Norton plays with when he is little, according to John, Norton becomes what?

• An introvert

• A bully.

• A pushover.

• A cynic.

Read the following sentence below from Chapter 10:

The wife runs back to the LOVER’s house and explains to him what her predicament is and asks him for fifty cents to pay the BOATMAN. The LOVER refuses, telling her it’s her own fault for getting into the situation.

Based on the context of this passage, predicament most likely means?

• difficulty

• blessing

• boring

• predictable

Chapter 9, What is Norton well known for?

• Crying.

• Shoplifting.

• Getting beat up.

• Repeating sixth grade.

Chapter 9, Norton gains notoriety when he gets caught stealing what?

• A bag of marshmallows.

• Tissue boxes.

• Blue crayons.

• The teacher's purse.

Chapter 9, Who gets John to start drinking beer?

• Lorraine.

• Norton.

• His brother.

• His father.

Chapter 9, When John is about ten years old, his father gets a kick watching him go around the house doing what?

• Offering guests wine refills.

• Singing at the top of his lungs.

• Emptying beer glasses.

• Pretending to be in a marching band.