Questions

toc Questions, questions, we're always asking questions. They're the key to accessing the difficult parts of the book, I think, and that's why I continue to use it as a primary method of instruction for reading.

Please list your most pressing questions on this page. Phrase them in such a way that we can understand what part of the story gave rise to each question.

=Pressing Questions= //These are your questions as collected on Valentine's Day, while most of you were around chapter 9 in your reading.//


 * War**
 * Are they really going to the war?
 * Why would they go after talking about not going for so long?
 * Who long will it be until somebody other than Leper gets into the army?
 * What's Waterloo? (Mr. Sheehy says: [|See the article in wikipedia] for a basic idea)
 * What does the war have to do with these kids?


 * Finny and the War**
 * Why doesn't Finny want to enlist?
 * Why won't Finny believe there is not a war?
 * Is Finny a conspiracy theorist?


 * Brinker and the War**
 * Why does Brinker want Gene to enlist so badly?
 * Why won't Brinker enlist unless someone else does with him?


 * Finny**
 * Does Finny understand that he won't be able to play sports again?


 * Gene**
 * Will Gene ever be happy?
 * I still don't see how a real friend could push you out of a tree?
 * How come Gene is praying now that Finny/Phineas is back?
 * Why can't Gene make decisions for himself?


 * Gene/Finny' friendship**
 * Why is Finny so cranky with Gene?
 * Why are Finny and Gene fighting a lot in the book?
 * When will Finny get pay back on Forrester?
 * Why did Gene push Finny from that tree?


 * Leper (end of chapter 9)**
 * What happened to Leper? Why does he want Gene to come see him?
 * Did Leper go AWOL?
 * What did the telegram mean?


 * Into chapter 10**
 * Leper has changed. What make him change to this psycho person?
 * Wasn't Clingar from MASH trying to get a section 8 discharge by dressing like a woman?
 * Why is Leper acting the way he is? What did he escape from?
 * What is wrong with Leper?
 * Why are Vermonters strong?
 * How does Gene know what Leper's house looks like?
 * What is wrong with Leper and the army?

=QUESTIONS= //These are questions you had after reading only a few chapters.//


 * 1) Why wouldn't he want people to know that he broke the swimming record?
 * 2) Why are adults impressed and intimidated by sixteen year olds?
 * 3) Whats going to happen when they go back to school from the beach?
 * 4) What is "Calisthenics"?
 * 5) Why did they let Finny talk Gene into stupid stuff?
 * 6) Does Finny always change the rules like he did in the game to better suite him?
 * 7) Why doesn't finny want to tell anyone about beating the swimming time?
 * 8) Why is Gene so wipped by Finny?
 * 9) Does Finny always change the rules like he did in the game to better suite him?
 * 10) Why doesn't finny want to tell anyone about beating the swimming time?