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﻿The Pigman Tag
 * Pigman Class Work **

1.Disagree 2.Agree 3.Agree 4.Agree 5.Disagree 6.Agree 7.Kinda Agree 8.Agree﻿ Teen Behavior 1.Comeing home really late drunk 2.Getting cuaght smoking 3.Getting into a fight after school 4.Swearing at your parents 5.Talking back Elderly Exploitation 1.Money 2. 3. 4. 5. Study Guide Questions **Chapters 1-2** 1. Why are John and Laurain writing this story? becuase they are going to tell us about the pigmans life when he was younger. 2. Why was John known as "Bathroom Bomber?" What was the "supercolossal fruit roll?" because he use to set of bombs in the bathroom all the time. John would tell all of the students to grab one of those disguesting apples and roll them down the aisle on his go. 3. How does Lauraine start to feel about John? She like him. at first she doesnt really care about him because she thinks that he is a jerk but they go on to know eachother. 4.What is Lauraine's mother like? She is mean. She tells Lauraine that she is fat and ugly. 5.Why does Lauraine feel sorry for Miss. Stewert, the typing teacher? Because her mom is home sick, living with Miss. Stewert. Her mom's room is in the living room. Chapters 3-4 2. What are Lorraine’s impressions of Dennis and Norton? She said that Nortin had eyes like a mean mouse and that Dennis had made up a lie and said that he was going to die because he had gotten his nose bitten off from a rat or a mouse and he got a skin disease that was going to make him die. 3. According to Lorraine, why did Mr. Pignati stay on the line? Because his wife was interested in making donations to charities and also that he likes to tell jokes so him and Lorraine started to tell jokes. 4. Why did John get interested in Mr. Pignati? because i think that he realized that Mr. Pignati thought that he was a jokester and john also thought taht he was a jokester himself. Week Of 2-7-2011
 * Pages 14-25** 1. Would you say that John is conceited? Why or why not?   Yes, because he is always constintantly tryin to make jokes even though his jokes arent really all that funny.

Chapter 5 Pages 26-39

1. Why didn’t John want Norton to know about the L&J Fund? John didn't want Norton to know about the L&J Fund because then Norton would try to hustle in on the deal. 2. What is said by John that foreshadows that Norton is involved in the death of the Pigman? Because he is the one who started all of the trouble.

3. What do you know about John’s relationship with his parents? John always gets accused of doing stuff around his house because his older brither doesnt live with them.

4. How did John convince Lorraine to go to Mr. Pignati’s to collect the money? John had told Lorraine that if they go to Mr. Pignati's to collect the money just to think about how much joy that they would bring to Mr. Pignati's life. 5. Why was the book entitled, //The Pigman//? Because Mr. Pignati had had a bunch of old stuff in his house.

Chapter 6 Pages 40-53

1. Where is Lorraine’s mother? At her house and lorraine wasn't expecting her to be there 2. Why does Lorraine wear Ben Franklin glasses?

3. What were the “bad omens” at the zoo?

4. How did Mr. Pignati describe Bobo to John and Lorraine?

5. How does Lorraine feel about zoos? she thinks that they are not well run and she wants the anamials to be free. Chapters 7-8 Pages 54-80

1. Why do you think John liked going to the cemetery? Because that is where they always drink beer and that is where all the mastersons are buried.

2. What is the difference between the way John’s father and Mr. Pignati treat John? Jonh's father treats john like he is a nobody or like he is still a little kid and Mr. Pignati treats him like an adult.

3. Why do you think Mr. Pignati said Conchetta was in California? Because he didn't want John and Lorraine to know the truth about how his wife is dead.

4. Why did Lorraine accept the stockings and other gifts from Mr. Pignati? Because the sales lady insisted. She was going to give the stockings to her mom.

5. Why did John want to wear the roller skates in the store? Because he was just trying to have fun by roller skating.

Chapters 9-10 Pages 81-99
 * Week Of 2-14-11**

1. Why would John have anything to do with Norton? He thought that Norton would do something critical to the pigmans house and he also thinks that norton is crazy.

2. Explain what Lorraine means when she says that her mother is “fixated on the subject” of men. Lorriane's father cheated on her mother and her mom hasn't had good luck with men.

3. How does Lorraine lie about the stockings? She said that she used the money that her mom gave her on a bus ticket and lunch.

4. Why did John and Lorraine decide to tell Mr. Pignati the truth – that they were not collecting for charity? They felt bad because they were lieing to him so they came out anda told the truth then the Pigman came out and told them about his wife dieing

Chapters 11-12 Pages 100-117

1. What lie do Lorraine and John tell in order to be allowed to see Mr. Pignati at the hospital? John and Lorraine told the cops and the person who works in the hospital at the front desk that they were his children.

2. What did Lorraine and John bring Mr. Pignati while in the hospital? They brought him gladiolas flowers that they got from the cemetary.

3. Why did Lorraine and John avoid the room with the pigs when they were cleaning? Because they thought that there was something religious about that room in the house that contained a spirit that belonged to the pigman so thye didn't touch that room.

4. Why was John taking out the beer? Because he was going to invite a few of their intimate friends over for a quiet little drink.

Chapters 13-14 Pages 118-149 1. Why did John invite Dennis? Because Jonh had asked him to steel a bottle of 80 proof from his dad's whiskey cabinet

2. How many people came to the party? 40 people came to the party.

3.Would the party have gone wrong if Norton hadn’t come? Why or why not? No, beacuse then jonh wouldn't have had to worry about anything getting stolen or broken.

4. How did Lorraine’s mother react when the policemen brought her to the door? She was like o great in her mind and she knew exactly who it was when she seen the police car door open

5. How did John’s parents react when he arrived home? His parents called him phycodic and that he needs to go see a doctor.

6. Lorraine blames John for everything that went wrong from the point where he hatched the idea of the party. Is she right? Why or why not? no, it is both of their faults because she didn't have to go and do any of those things that John did.

7. Why did Mr. Pignati collapse and die? Because he found out that Bobo died.

8. What is the climax? When the pigman died at the end. Or possibly the end of the party when the pigman had came home