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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What time period does this story take place?
(a) World War I.
(b) Depression.
(c) World War II.
(d) Roaring 20s.

2. Which of the following characters makes it onto the train to Chicago?
(a) Ms. Hill.
(b) Bud.
(c) Deza.
(d) Bugs.

3. What does Bud imagine using to get even with the Amoses?
(a) Hornets.
(b) Suitcase.
(c) Shotgun.
(d) Shovel.

4. How does Bud learn that he will not be able to see his favorite librarian?
(a) He overhears two patrons talking about it.
(b) He reads about it in the paper.
(c) He sees her and she tells him that she is leaving.
(d) Another kind librarian tells him.

5. Which of the following was one of the ways Bud and Bugs would tease Billy?
(a) Telling him that they were going to beat him up.
(b) Telling him that he lost his favorite nickel.
(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. Which of the following words describes what Bud must do to get breakfast?

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

3. Why is Bud almost too late to catch his train?

4. How much older than Bud is Todd?

5. What does Bud hope to do after he escapes from the angry hornets?

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