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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bud's mother believe that an unbloomed flower holds?
(a) Promise.
(b) Life secrets.
(c) Surprise.
(d) Wonder.

2. What would Billy often brag about to the other kids at the orphanage?
(a) He knew how to get away from the orphanage.
(b) He knew who his mother and father were.
(c) He was the leader of all of the boys at the orphanage.
(d) He could beat any of them up.

3. What do Kim and Scott start doing immediately when Bud wakes up and they are introduced?
(a) Asking him questions.
(b) Watching him without talking.
(c) Showing him around.
(d) Talking to him about Lefty.

4. How does Lefty refer to Bud?
(a) His peanut head friend.
(b) Buddy the man.
(c) Suitcase boy.
(d) His grandkid.

5. Which of the following was one of the ways Bud and Bugs would tease Billy?
(a) Telling him that he lost his favorite nickel.
(b) Telling him that they were going to beat him up.
(c) Telling him that his mother had forgotten him.
(d) Telling him that he did not know who his parents were.

Short Answer Questions

1. What hang on the barn's door?

2. Which of the following is a nickname that Bud's mother did not want him to use?

3. How does Bud decide is the best way to deal with the situation with the stranger he is riding with?

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

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

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