chapter 4

•1. After the effects of the trial had worn off David fully realized that his mother could not physically harm him any longer.
•2. David is now living with in Aunt Mary’s foster home.
•3. David is adjusting to his new life slowly. He feels excited about all the new freedoms he is gaining and he likes many of his foster parents immensely.
•4. He began to change his behaviors in because he began to realize there were certain prejudices. He learned that being a foster child was not the best thing in the world and he became very shy and self conscious.
•5. By saying “our kind” his older brother was talking about the fact that they were foster children.
•6. He didn’t care that the bigger boys were using him because all he ever wanted was to be accepted in a group, and he finally was. He wanted total acceptance by the older kids.
•7. David was put in his first foster home in the month of July.
•8. David’s foster mother’s name is Lilian Catanze.
•9. Ms. Gold was talking about David’s family, when she was discussing who he could not have contact with.
•10. When she says David is light fingered she is talking about the fact that he has a habit of stealing things.
•11. The rules were that David had to keep his room clean and help out with chores. He was not to enter someone else’s room without their permission, and their was no lying or stealing in the home. Also, if he wants to go somewhere he needs to ask first and specify how long hell be away.
•12. His new family is somewhat odd, but friendly at the same time. Larry is constantly bugging David, while Lilian and Big Larry enjoy doing fun things with David.
•13. With this new big family, David still feels hollow because he still wonders if his mother ever loved him and why she treated him the way she did.
•14. Larry made David cry when he asked him how it felt to get the crap kicked out of him by his mother, also suggesting that David was a wimp for not fighting back.
•15. Mother’s attitude seemed more relaxed-not cold and demeaning, as when she had come to David me at Aunt Mary’s- she still didn’t talk to David however.
•16. David is trying to earn money so he can save up enough to buy the parts needed to fix his bike.
•17. He finally feels like a normal kid when he rides his bike, because he can finally experience the joys he heard other kids experiencing all his life.
•18. David felt like he nearly coughed up his food because his mother and brothers were at the door to see him.