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You can also use "чинть" in this context: "Он всегда чинит скандалы" - "He always makes scandals".
May be that's what your book meant - like he wants scandals.

To want - хотеть, желать.

There are 3 ways to say, for example, "I want to buy this book".
1. Я желаю купить эту книгу. (sounds a little snobish)
2. Я хочy купить эту книгу. (good, but a little...