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Why is Mr. Dodge mad at junior in science class? ›

Wood can't just turn into rock, just as Junior can't simply turn into a white kid. Furious at being contradicted, Mr. Dodge belittles Junior's education from the rez, and calls on Gordy, the “class genius,” to explain the truth.

When Junior decides to leave the Wellpinit high school and head for Reardan, Rowdy takes Junior's decision as a personal affront. He sees Junior as a traitor and, though Junior invites Rowdy to join him at Reardan, Rowdy reacts to being abandoned by renouncing Junior's friendship.

How do Penelope and Roger react to Junior's admission that he is poor? They were totally sympathetic and accepting. Penelope cried for Junior, and Roger gave him a bunch of rides home.

Junior says'it was like something out of Shakespeare' when he discovers the first game is against Wellpinit because it feels wrong for him because he has to play against his former teammates, who still see him as traitor.

Inside, his mom is curled on the couch and about 25 cousins are raiding their fridge. Junior's mom grabs him and tells him never to leave her. She seems to Junior to be so “broken” that she'll never recover. Then she tells Junior never to drink and slaps him in the face three times, making him promise.

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Thirty-year-old triplets who bully Junior and beat him up at the Spokane powwow.

Remembering what he always tells his dad when he is drunk and depressed, Junior tells Penelope, “Don't give up.” Penelope begins to cry and confess how lonely and scared she is, despite being pretty and smart and popular (her mention of these three attributes makes Junior think she has an ego).

He has to meet Penelope at the dance (as opposed to picking her up) and shows up wearing his father's old disco suit since he can't afford to buy new formal clothes.

In grief, Junior's Dad goes on a drinking binge, Mom goes to church every day, and Junior draws and draws cartoons that mock God and Jesus as he feels they are mocking him.

Junior thinks how some of the kids on Wellpinit didn't have breakfast, how one player's dad deals drugs, and how Rowdy's dad will beat him for losing. Junior runs to the locker room and cries tears of shame.

What does junior identify as the worst? ›

Answer and Explanation: In The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian, the inability to help a friend is the worst thing about being poor. Junior is poor so he cannot take his sick dog to the vet. Junior's father shoots his dog because they do not have the money to take it to the vet so the vet can heal it.

The final line "We didn't keep score" signifies a cultural or philosophical approach that values participation and communal harmony over competitiveness and individual triumph.

Final Answer:

Mr. Dodge replies to Junior with a warm smile and a reassuring tone, saying, "Don't worry, Junior, we'll figure this out together." This response makes Junior feel relieved and supported.

He tells a story how in geology class, he corrects the teacher, Mr. Dodge. Mr. Dodge says petrified wood is wood that turns into rock, but Junior raises his hand to say that the wood is replaced by minerals.

P forgives Junior for hitting him in the face with a thrown textbook. Mr. P is able to forgive Junior because he sees not simply Junior's action (throwing the textbook), but also his complex motivation: Junior is angry at a racist school system that limits his opportunities, and he wants more from his life.

Then Miss Warren tells Junior that Mary has died. Junior asks how, and when Miss Warren won't say he knows her death was awful. Junior is upset. He runs outside to wait for his father in the snow.