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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Bud have breakfast at the beginning of this chapter?
(a) At the shelter.
(b) At the cardboard jungle.
(c) Near the train.
(d) He has to skip breakfast.

2. What is a cardboard jungle another name for?
(a) A jungle gym.
(b) A shelter.
(c) An orphanage.
(d) A gathering of homeless people.

3. What does Bud wonder about in regards to his suitcase?
(a) Whether or not he can get it again.
(b) Whether or not Todd found it.
(c) Whether or not it is safe.
(d) Whether or not the Amos family has opened it.

4. Which of the following describes how Bud feels about Jerry's new home?
(a) He is going to be unhappy there.
(b) He got the short end of the stick.
(c) He is in for a lot of trouble.
(d) He is luckier than Bud.

5. What is important to Bud about the contents of his suitcase that was disturbed by the Amos family?
(a) The items cannot be seen by anyone other than himself.
(b) The items cannot be touched by others.
(c) The items need to stay organized the way he has them.
(d) The items cannot touch each other.

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

7. Which of the following best describes Bud in the Amos household?
(a) Slave labor.
(b) Trustful member.
(c) Scapegoat.
(d) Odd man out.

8. Where does Bud go for breakfast?
(a) Local elementary school.
(b) Local shelter.
(c) Library.
(d) Local restaurant.

9. What does Bud refuse to allow Mr. Amos or the other family members to notice?
(a) His fear and anger.
(b) His desperate need to belong.
(c) His disgust and terror.
(d) His relief at being away from them.

10. Which of the following can be said to be true about the influence Bud's mother had on him?
(a) She gave him an inner confidence.
(b) She gave him the belief that he is nothing.
(c) She is the reason Bud cannot find happiness.
(d) She gave him a nice nickname.

11. What does this chapter end with?
(a) Bud's screams.
(b) Click of padlock.
(c) Mr. Amos whipping Bud.
(d) Jerry's arrival.

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

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

14. What does Todd call Bud as his final jab in his scheme to constantly get Bud in trouble?
(a) Insane.
(b) Bed wetter.
(c) Schizophrenic.
(d) Spoilsport.

15. Which of the following is the information Bud knows about his new home?
(a) It is a home where his friend Jerry will also be going.
(b) It is a home with no kids.
(c) It is a home with girls.
(d) It is a home with boys.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Bud suddenly less scared about taking off on his journey to Chicago now that he has reconnected with Bugs?

2. Why did the new librarian think that Bud particularly liked Civil War books?

3. What does Bud dream about often and then worry about really happening?

4. Why does Bud want Todd to be a bed wetter?

5. What does Bud end up doing instead of his initial trick?

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