Chapter 5: Spitting Image

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"Excellence In Work & Behavior"

Chapter 5: Spitting Image

· "There's a place I go inside my head sometimes."

· Gwen calls Maxwell's Gram to apologize for her behavior towards Maxwell.

· Maxwell's mother and grandmother had children young.

· "I think the rest of him is so small because his brain is so big."

· Gwen is also raising Kevin without a father's presence.

· Maxwell is a spitting image of his "old man."

· Maxwell's father is in jail; he's "crazy and scary."

*** Essential Question ***

Why do you think Maxwell's father is in jail?