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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 things have changed since he entered the orphanage.
(b) They are an example of how untrusting society has become.
(c) They are an example of how closed in he feels.
(d) They are an example of Bud's inability to find peace.

2. Why does Bud believe Todd was mean and manipulative to him?
(a) Because he is the oldest.
(b) To protect his parents.
(c) To defend himself.
(d) Because Bud is an orphan.

3. What does Bud reflect on in relation to conversations with his mother?
(a) They provide him with the rules to live by.
(b) They never had any real conversations.
(c) They are all the same.
(d) He can barely remember them anymore.

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

5. Why is Bud almost too late to catch his train?
(a) He is detained saying good bye to the librarian.
(b) He takes time to double check all of his things.
(c) He stops to eat breakfast with the family at the shelter.
(d) He gets caught up talking to a girl.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bud learn that he will not be able to see his favorite librarian?

2. How did Bud spend time entertaining himself?

3. Which of the following can be said to be true about the influence Bud's mother had on him?

4. Where does Bud have breakfast at the beginning of this chapter?

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

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