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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bud see that upsets him as he approaches the library?
(a) A closed sign.
(b) The librarian he dislikes most.
(c) A vacant building.
(d) Metal bars on the windows.

2. How does the stranger react to Bud being in the car without him?
(a) Angered.
(b) Disgusted.
(c) Stunned.
(d) Puzzled.

3. What does the man who stops for Bud tell him he needs?
(a) Help with a problem.
(b) Food and water.
(c) Someone who can read to him.
(d) Company on a long walk.

4. What are the metal bars on the library an example of for Bud?
(a) They are an example of how things have changed since he entered the orphanage.
(b) They are an example of how closed in he feels.
(c) They are an example of how untrusting society has become.
(d) They are an example of Bud's inability to find peace.

5. What does Bud fall asleep to the sound of in this chapter?
(a) Arguing between Miss Thomas and Mr. Calloway.
(b) Sounds from the restaurant below.
(c) Music rehearsal from the band.
(d) Crying of someone in the other room.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bud's mother believe that an unbloomed flower holds?

2. What is Bud's mother doing in the picture he has of her in his suitcase?

3. What is important to Bud about the contents of his suitcase that was disturbed by the Amos family?

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

5. How does the stranger react to the fact that Bud attempted to drive the car without him?

(see the answer key)

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