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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following terms best describes the new librarian to whom Bud begins to talk?
(a) Reserved.
(b) Cold.
(c) Kind.
(d) Unaware.

2. Which of the following band members asks Bud about the importance of his suitcase?
(a) Miss Thomas.
(b) Eddie.
(c) Mr. Calloway.
(d) Jimmy.

3. 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.

4. 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 how things have changed since he entered the orphanage.
(d) They are an example of Bud's inability to find peace.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bud fall asleep to the sound of in this chapter?

2. What do the band members promise to do for Bud while they figure out what is going on with the story about his father?

3. Why do residents of the cardboard jungle wake each other up?

4. Which of the following describes how Bud feels about the presence of the police?

5. Why is Jerry worried about going to his new home?

(see the answer key)

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