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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following best describes how Bud feels about going to his new home?
(a) He is happy but reluctant.
(b) He is relieved and elated.
(c) He is worried but relieved.
(d) He is sad but resigned.

2. Which of the following describes the approximate age of Bud's mother in the picture he is looking at of her in this chapter?
(a) Childlike.
(b) Older in years.
(c) Young.
(d) Middle aged.

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

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

5. What does Bugs do with Bud's suitcase?
(a) Throws it off the train.
(b) Opens it and goes through it.
(c) Hides it from the other passengers.
(d) Takes care of it for Bud.

6. What would have happened to Bud had the family not helped him?
(a) He would have been banished from the shelter.
(b) He would have been hungry for at least another mealtime.
(c) He would have had to eat alone.
(d) He would have had to move onto another city.

7. 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) He can barely remember them anymore.
(d) They are all the same.

8. What about the books that Ms. Hill showed Bud did he like?
(a) Content.
(b) Pictures.
(c) Author.
(d) Words.

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

10. Why did the new librarian think that Bud particularly liked Civil War books?
(a) Because he was a young boy and that is the type of books they liked.
(b) Because she always gave them to him.
(c) Because that is what he asked for.
(d) Because he referred to the civil war in conversations.

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

12. What happens during Bud's first trick?
(a) Bud slips and falls, spilling water on himself.
(b) Todd wakes up and gets mad.
(c) Todd urinates in bed.
(d) Nothing immediately.

13. What does Bud dream about often and then worry about really happening?
(a) Losing his best friend.
(b) Moving into another orphanage.
(c) Losing a tooth.
(d) Returning to the same orphanage.

14. How does Ms. Amos keep Bud in the place where she banished him?
(a) Ties him up.
(b) Threatens him.
(c) Cuffs him to the wall.
(d) Padlocks the door.

15. Why do residents of the cardboard jungle wake each other up?
(a) So that they can put away their homes for the day.
(b) So that no one will miss the train.
(c) So that the police do not arrest them.
(d) So that they do not miss breakfast.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following pictures does this novel provide insight into at the beginning?

2. What time period does this story take place?

3. What appears to be Bud's most important possession?

4. Which of the following characters sneaks up on Bud and surprises him?

5. What does the mother in the family share with Bud?

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