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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What emotional event happens to Bud during this chapter?
(a) He becomes withrdrawn.
(b) He becomes enraged.
(c) He cries uncontrollably.
(d) He becomes saddened.

2. How does the man who Bud accepts a ride with introduce himself?
(a) Scott Lewis.
(b) Peanut Head.
(c) Lefty Lewis.
(d) Mr. Calloway.

3. What does Bud tell the man about where he is from?
(a) He tells him that he is looking for his parents.
(b) He tells him that he fell off of a train.
(c) He tells him that he left an orphanage in Chicago.
(d) He tells him that he ran away from Grand Rapids.

4. What does Bud feel that he has to continue to work on in this chapter?
(a) Convincing Miss Thomas to let him stay.
(b) His music skills so he can join the band.
(c) His manners to impress the band members.
(d) Gaining Mr. Calloway's trust.

5. What was the last straw for Bud which helped him decide that he had to leave the Amos household?
(a) Being locked in the barn.
(b) The Amos family going through his suitcase.
(c) Todd's constant physical abuse.
(d) The sight of the gun lying in an open area.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the front of the box in the car say?

3. Why do residents of the cardboard jungle wake each other up?

4. What do the band members promise to do for Bud while they figure out what is going on with the story about his father?

5. What does Bud wonder about while he is at the library?

(see the answer key)

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