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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bud refuse to allow Mr. Amos or the other family members to notice?
(a) His desperate need to belong.
(b) His fear and anger.
(c) His disgust and terror.
(d) His relief at being away from them.

2. What happened to his favorite librarian?
(a) She quit the library.
(b) She got married and moved.
(c) She was fired.
(d) She died.

3. What does Bud wonder about while he is at the library?
(a) Where he will sleep that night.
(b) Where the other librarian is.
(c) Where he will find lunch.
(d) Where he will go next.

4. 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 gave him the belief that he is nothing.
(c) She is the reason Bud cannot find happiness.
(d) She gave him an inner confidence.

5. What does Bud indicate is his most prized possession?
(a) His father's address.
(b) His teeth.
(c) His blanket.
(d) His suitcase.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Bud smacks the hornet's nest?

2. Which of the following pictures does this novel provide insight into at the beginning?

3. What story does Bud recount for Bugs that Bugs had already heard about?

4. Why does Bud move the shotgun?

5. How old are both Bud and Jerry at this point in the novel?

(see the answer key)

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