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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Bud given to take with him?
(a) Food and water.
(b) Suitcase and pillow.
(c) Bowl and cup.
(d) Blanket and pillow.

2. What is the first evidence of Todd's dishonesty?
(a) He turns in a list of Bud's bad behavior to his parents.
(b) He punches Bud and then denies it.
(c) He fakes an asthma attack when caught fighting Bud.
(d) He steals money from his parents and blames Bud.

3. What does Bud end up doing instead of his initial trick?
(a) Placing Todd's hand in warm water.
(b) Urinating on Todd in his bed.
(c) Screaming goodbye to Todd.
(d) Pouring water on Todd in his bed.

4. Which of the following does Todd say to scare Bud as Mr. Amos prepares to take Bud toward his punishment?
(a) No water and no food.
(b) Piles of dog waste and worms.
(c) Flesh eating bigs and ghosts.
(d) Puddles of blood and freakish insects.

5. 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 lose your best friend due to moving.
(d) How it feels to be in an orphange and be picked to leave.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is Bud allowed to stay in the food line when he shows up late?

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

4. What does the new librarian give to Bud other than the library book?

5. What was the last straw for Bud which helped him decide that he had to leave the Amos household?

(see the answer key)

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