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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Bud learn that he will not be able to see his favorite librarian?
(a) He sees her and she tells him that she is leaving.
(b) He reads about it in the paper.
(c) Another kind librarian tells him.
(d) He overhears two patrons talking about it.

2. Which of the following is an accurate description of how Bud feels at the thought of being on his own?
(a) Excited.
(b) Relieved.
(c) Anxious.
(d) Nervous.

3. Why is Bud allowed to stay in the food line when he shows up late?
(a) He snuck into the line.
(b) He was under the age of fifteen which allows him to eat at any time.
(c) A family pretended he was their son.
(d) He begged the workers explaining how hungry he was.

4. Which of the following best describes how Bud is feeling at this point in the novel?
(a) Relieved.
(b) Despondent.
(c) Frustrated.
(d) Angry.

5. Which of the following words describes what Bud must do to get breakfast?
(a) Throw a fit.
(b) Pretend he does not understand.
(c) Ignore shelter workers demands.
(d) Play along with this family.

6. Which of the following characters makes it onto the train to Chicago?
(a) Bud.
(b) Bugs.
(c) Ms. Hill.
(d) Deza.

7. What does Bud indicate is his most prized possession?
(a) His suitcase.
(b) His blanket.
(c) His teeth.
(d) His father's address.

8. In what way did Bud consider the relationship between himself and Ms. Hill?
(a) He thought of her as a surrogate mother.
(b) He thought of them as acquaintances.
(c) He thought of her as a mentor.
(d) He thought of them as friends.

9. What does Bud do to the hornet's nest?
(a) Avoids it.
(b) Smacks it.
(c) Knocks it down.
(d) Spills water on it.

10. What does Bud sense in the family members with whom he is sharing breakfast?
(a) Despair.
(b) Frustration.
(c) Surprise.
(d) Anger.

11. What cause scrapes on Bud as he tries to get out of the barn?
(a) Shovels.
(b) Fish heads.
(c) Hornets.
(d) Nails.

12. On what topic is the book that the new librarian gives Bud?
(a) World War II.
(b) World War I.
(c) The Civil War.
(d) The Revolutionary War.

13. How does Ms. Amos keep Bud in the place where she banished him?
(a) Threatens him.
(b) Ties him up.
(c) Cuffs him to the wall.
(d) Padlocks the door.

14. What happened to his favorite librarian?
(a) She died.
(b) She quit the library.
(c) She got married and moved.
(d) She was fired.

15. Which of the following terms best describes the new librarian to whom Bud begins to talk?
(a) Kind.
(b) Unaware.
(c) Reserved.
(d) Cold.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bud hope to be able to do at the library to make his home away from home seem complete?

2. How much older than Bud is Todd?

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

4. How does Bud use the memory of his mother's saying?

5. What is Bud given to take with him?

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