Please don't let his behaviour or his incessant questions cause you to spin. It just doesn't matter why he wants you to ask questions or what it is he is trying to get you to say.
If you really look at him you will see that this is the same guy who yanked you around the last time. He hasn't done the work and he hasn't changed.
Until he does the work {and this is not going to be a quick and easy fix} you owe it to yourself and your kidlets to continue to live your life and move forward. You owe him nothing.
*hugs* ~ swl
Look not mournfully into the past. It comes not back again. Wisely improve the present. It is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future, without fear. {Henry Wadsworth Longfellow}