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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the metal bars on the library an example of for Bud?
(a) They are an example of how untrusting society has become.
(b) They are an example of how closed in he feels.
(c) They are an example of Bud's inability to find peace.
(d) They are an example of how things have changed since he entered the orphanage.

2. What story does Bud recount for Bugs that Bugs had already heard about?
(a) His Momma's sayings about hope.
(b) His story about the librarian moving.
(c) His fight with Todd Amos.
(d) His time in the barn with the hornets.

3. What does Bud sense in the family members with whom he is sharing breakfast?
(a) Anger.
(b) Surprise.
(c) Frustration.
(d) Despair.

4. Where is the stranger on his way to before he stopped to talk to Bud?
(a) Hospital.
(b) Blood bank.
(c) Home.
(d) Another city.

5. What are both Bud and Jerry concerned about in regard to their new home?
(a) That it may be dirty.
(b) That it may be permanent.
(c) That it may be temporary.
(d) That it may be abusive.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do Kim and Scott do that makes Bud nervous?

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

4. How much older than Bud is Todd?

5. What name did the family who helped Bud call him?

(see the answer key)

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