Saturday, 2 April 2011

From Zindel's The Pigman, what is the fruit roll? Describe the one time when the ''fruit roll'' was not successful.

The
answer to this question can be found in chapter 1 of 's . This chapter is
narrated by John, and he begins the chapter by telling readers that he hates school.


Actually, I hate school, but then again most of the time I hate
everything.

John then goes on to tell readers that he
hates school so much that he earned himself the nickname "Bathroom Bomber." He got the
nickname because he would set off firecracker bombs in the bathroom; however, John figured out a
way to create a delayed fuse to give himself eight minutes or so to get somewhere else.
Consequently, he was never caught.

John's next story of being an all around
pain of a student is about organizing the Wednesday "fruit roll" mischief. He goes on
to explain that the fruit rolling would only work on Wednesdays with substitute teachers. John
would have his entire class buy the old apples and bring them to class.


But on Wednesdays when I knew there was going to be a substitute
teaching one of the classes, Id pass...

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