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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Bud banished by Ms. Amos?
(a) Basement.
(b) Bedroom.
(c) Shed.
(d) Attic.

2. Which of the following describes how Bud feels about the presence of the police?
(a) Unimpressed.
(b) Relieved.
(c) Daunted.
(d) Surprised.

3. How does Bud feel toward the family who helped him?
(a) Thankful.
(b) Loving.
(c) Respectful.
(d) Angry.

4. What does Bud hope to do after he escapes from the angry hornets?
(a) Return to the orphanage.
(b) Go out on his own.
(c) Hide from the Amos family.
(d) Move back into the house.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following was one of the ways Bud and Bugs would tease Billy?

2. What does this chapter end with?

3. What does Bud sense in the family members with whom he is sharing breakfast?

4. Which of the following terms describes the character of Todd?

5. What is knowing that Ms. Hill is not there is symbolic of what for Bud?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Bud initially happy to learn about Todd and what causes Bud's happiness about Todd to dissipate quickly?

2. What is Bud bothered about in relation to the family that helped him that makes him have trouble being thankful?

3. After being stung, what does Bud insist on doing and why?

4. Why does Bud's mother insist he be called Bud and not Buddy?

5. Why does Bud think six is an important age for children?

6. How could the favor that Bud's new adoptive family provided be described?

7. In what way are the library and the shelter similar and what do they provide for Bud?

8. What does Bud take with him and how does he feel as he leaves?

9. What does Bud call the book page dust and what does it help him to do?

10. How does Todd's mother react to the situation between Bud and Todd and why does Bud think she reacts that way?

(see the answer keys)

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