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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What appears to be Bud's most important possession?
(a) Five pages from Jerry.
(b) Five lost teeth.
(c) Five letters from his mother.
(d) Five blue flyers.

2. Where does Bud head when he sets out after leaving the Amos house?
(a) Library.
(b) Orphanage.
(c) Back to the barn.
(d) Jerry's foster home.

3. Which of the following characters makes it onto the train to Chicago?
(a) Deza.
(b) Ms. Hill.
(c) Bud.
(d) Bugs.

4. Why is it surprising that Bud is able to show such confidence about himself?
(a) His father abandoned him.
(b) He has no adult helping him.
(c) He is an orphan.
(d) He has been in horrible life situations.

5. What does Bud see around the corner as he heads with the other residents toward the train?
(a) Deza.
(b) The police.
(c) The librarian.
(d) Bugs.

6. What does the new librarian give to Bud other than the library book?
(a) A picture.
(b) A nickel.
(c) A tablet.
(d) Her lunch.

7. What does the family who helps Bud help him to do?
(a) Get food.
(b) Find a place to sleep.
(c) Find his father.
(d) Make friends with the shelter workers.

8. Which of the following was one of the ways Bud and Bugs would tease Billy?
(a) Telling him that they were going to beat him up.
(b) Telling him that his mother had forgotten him.
(c) Telling him that he lost his favorite nickel.
(d) Telling him that he did not know who his parents were.

9. What do Bud's rules provide for him?
(a) A bit of humor.
(b) A way to get back at Todd.
(c) A way to log his life.
(d) A tracking system of torture.

10. Why can Bud find information easily in the library?
(a) Because he uses the card catalogue.
(b) Because the librarian leaves the information he wants out.
(c) Because the library is the same as it was before.
(d) Because he is perseverant at searching.

11. Which of the following types of issues are present for Bud in the Amos household?
(a) Dangerous.
(b) Trust.
(c) Helpful.
(d) Pain.

12. Where is Bud banished by Ms. Amos?
(a) Shed.
(b) Basement.
(c) Bedroom.
(d) Attic.

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

14. Which of the following best describes how Bud is feeling at this point in the novel?
(a) Despondent.
(b) Relieved.
(c) Frustrated.
(d) Angry.

15. Why does Bud move the shotgun?
(a) So that he doesn't bump it as he is leaving.
(b) So they do not use it on him as he escapes.
(c) So they do not shoot themselves accidently.
(d) So that he doesn't use it to shoot them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is a nickname that Bud's mother did not want him to use?

2. What does Todd call Bud as his final jab in his scheme to constantly get Bud in trouble?

3. Why does Bud want Todd to be a bed wetter?

4. What is Bud's mother doing in the picture he has of her in his suitcase?

5. What is knowing that Ms. Hill is not there is symbolic of what for Bud?

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