Richa

Chapter 1 - 5

__How is Theo different from other kids his age?__ Boys his age mostly watch television or play video games but Theo watches trials in court and watches how they act things out like how they persuade people and tell the audience that the person is innocent or guilty so that he knows what he is getting into when grows up.

__What evidence from the story shows how passionate Theo is about the law?__ He goes to the courthouse in the morning every day before, he knows the courthouse very well like, he knows about the murder case in which he thinks that Mr. Duffy is guilty, and he wants to get a job dealing with the law.

__ What do you think April should do about her problem between her mother and father? __ She should choose the better parent that she thinks would probably help her more with her problems and her studies. If she thinks neither of them of them is going to help her, she should try to find a nice relative that would help her and live nicely with that relative.

__ What advice would you give her if you where Theo? __ I would tell her that she should choose the parent who takes care of her more. If she can't find the better parent, she should choose a relative that loves her, takes care of her, and would accept her to live with them.

__ Why did Theo compare his feelings about the court room the morning of the Big Case to athletes ready for a big game? Explain your thinking with examples. __ He thought it like a big game because when athletes are practicing for a big game, they usually have butterflies in their stomach, and when Theo was getting ready for a big case, he felt butterflies in his stomach like an athlete.

__ If you were the judge in April's case, what would tell her parents? __ I would tell her parents that she should live with her Aunt Peg or another relative because they act too mean to her.