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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. What does the reader realize that Bud really liked about Ms. Hill?
(a) The fact that she knew the type of books he liked.
(b) The way she read stories to him.
(c) The way she smelled.
(d) The mothering she gave Bud.

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

3. What is page powder?
(a) Powder kept in the library.
(b) Book page dust.
(c) Corn starch.
(d) Baby powder.

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the family who helps Bud help him to do?

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

3. What does Bud wonder about in regards to his suitcase?

4. Why can Bud find information easily in the library?

5. What hang on the barn's door?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Billy used to argue about at the home and why did he say he wouldn't be there much longer?

2. What is one of Bud's mother's sayings that Bud remembers and how does it make Bud feel?

3. What happens as the two boys try to get on the train and what does Bugs do about it?

4. What do the hornets and the edgy teeth seem to be symbolic of?

5. Who is Deza Malone and why is this character important to Bud?

6. What information does the new librarian share with Bud and how does she treat Bud?

7. Why does Bud have a difficult time getting along with Todd?

8. What does the new librarian remember about Bud and Ms. Hill's relationship?

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

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

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