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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Bud smacks the hornet's nest?
(a) It falls and hits Bud on the head.
(b) Fish heads fall out of it..
(c) A hollow sound echos.
(d) The bees attack him.

2. How much older than Bud is Todd?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 5 years.

3. Why does Bud want Todd to be a bed wetter?
(a) Because it is a humiliating experience.
(b) Because he wanted to be able to laugh at Todd one time.
(c) Because it will get Todd in trouble with his parents.
(d) Because Todd called Bud a bed wetter.

4. How does Mr. Lewis' daughter react to the on-going banter between the two of them?
(a) She yells at her father.
(b) She becomes irritated.
(c) She walks away.
(d) She laughs at her father.

5. Why did the new librarian think that Bud particularly liked Civil War books?
(a) Because that is what he asked for.
(b) Because he referred to the civil war in conversations.
(c) Because she always gave them to him.
(d) Because he was a young boy and that is the type of books they liked.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bud reflect on in relation to conversations with his mother?

2. Why do residents of the cardboard jungle wake each other up?

3. Which of the following characters makes it onto the train to Chicago?

4. Which of the following is not true about Bud's suitcase?

5. Which of the following pictures does this novel provide insight into at the beginning?

(see the answer key)

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