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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) Wonder.
(b) Surprise.
(c) Life secrets.
(d) Promise.

2. What does Lefty mock about Bud?
(a) His accent.
(b) His suitcase.
(c) His clothes.
(d) His sleeping.

3. To which character does Bud flash back to during this chapter?
(a) Todd Amos.
(b) Deza Malone.
(c) Ms. Hill.
(d) Billy Burns.

4. What do Kim and Scott do that makes Bud nervous?
(a) Talk incessantly.
(b) Touch him.
(c) Call him names.
(d) Avoid making eye contact.

5. Why is it surprising that Bud is able to show such confidence about himself?
(a) He has been in horrible life situations.
(b) He is an orphan.
(c) His father abandoned him.
(d) He has no adult helping him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the reader realize that Bud really liked about Ms. Hill?

2. How does the man who Bud accepts a ride with introduce himself?

3. Which of the following best describes Bud in the Amos household?

4. Which of the following describes the approximate age of Bud's mother in the picture he is looking at of her in this chapter?

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

(see the answer key)

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