The Chocolate War DQ’s Chapters 1-10

The Chocolate War DQ’s Chapters 1-10 Infante 2009-10

1. What affect did the first sentence have on you? Why did the author use it? (ask this question again after reading the whole book)

(They murdered him) At first I thought someone as you read you find out it’s about football. To say this guy was not very good at football.

2. Do you feel you have to stay on the good side of anyone if your life? Why?

Yes my step dad he is really sensitive and I would not want to hurt his feelings and have him not talk to me.

3. What would you do? AND How would you feel if you found out someone was keeping private information about you (like Obie’s notebook)

I would probably get really mad and say this is my personal business not yours and rip out the pages in the book

4. Why is the man at the bus stop contemptuous of Jerry? What does he mean when he tells him he’s “missing a lot in the world?”

They hate him because he has a life beyond theirs

5. Who is Brother Leon? Have you ever seen a teacher pick on a student? Have you ever been picked on by a teacher? What did the rest of the class do?
A teacher / vise principle


6. Why does everyone in the school ignore the Vigils?
Because there not suppose to talk about them there a secret

7. Why does Goober have to comply with the assignment? What would you do?
Because he wants to be apart of the vigils, I wouldn’t have done it

8. What kind of teacher is Brother Leon? Have you ever seen a teacher pick on a student? Have you ever been picked on by a teacher? What did the rest of the class do?
Brother Leon is a different kind of teacher, strange. Yes I have, the class just laughed then said we are all doing the same thing

9. Do you know anyone with any of Emile’s characteristics?
No

10. Why do they choose to pick on Brother Eugene?
The weak one and easy going one

11. Jerry feels like he can’t talk to his father. How could he remedy that situation? Do you ever feel that way? How could you remedy the situation?
Because he is unviable, they don’t have a relationship. I would try to talk to him anyways

12. What have you had to sell for school fundraisers? Have you felt any pressure to sell?
I have had to sell candles, and no because there are so many people that even if every one sold one that would be a lot