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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following pictures does this novel provide insight into at the beginning?
(a) How it feels to lose your best friend due to moving.
(b) How it feels to lose your mother and be abandonded by your father.
(c) How it feels to grow up in a difficult setting.
(d) How it feels to be in an orphange and be picked to leave.

2. Which of the following terms describes the character of Todd?
(a) Hesitant.
(b) Reserved.
(c) Spiteful.
(d) Manipulative.

3. Which of the following can be said to be true about the influence Bud's mother had on him?
(a) She gave him a nice nickname.
(b) She is the reason Bud cannot find happiness.
(c) She gave him an inner confidence.
(d) She gave him the belief that he is nothing.

4. Which of the following describes how Bud feels about Jerry's new home?
(a) He is going to be unhappy there.
(b) He got the short end of the stick.
(c) He is in for a lot of trouble.
(d) He is luckier than Bud.

5. What does Bud do to the hornet's nest?
(a) Smacks it.
(b) Knocks it down.
(c) Spills water on it.
(d) Avoids it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first evidence of Todd's dishonesty?

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

3. Why does Bud believe Todd was mean and manipulative to him?

4. What time period does this story take place?

5. Where was Bud's suitcase when he got out of the barn and escaped from the hornets?

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