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

2. What happened to his favorite librarian?
(a) She got married and moved.
(b) She died.
(c) She quit the library.
(d) She was fired.

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

4. How is Bud treated in relation to the family who helps him out?
(a) He is treated as if he does not exist.
(b) He is treated with the same respect as they are.
(c) He is treated in a poorer manner than they are.
(d) He is treated better than they are.

5. Which of the following pictures does this novel provide insight into at the beginning?
(a) How it feels to be in an orphange and be picked to leave.
(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 lose your best friend due to moving.

6. Which of the following is not true about Bud's suitcase?
(a) It is his only means of staying connected to his family.
(b) It can be rearranged and changed regularly.
(c) It is filled with things he and his mother shared.
(d) It holds symbols of things Bud can control.

7. Why does Bud want Todd to be a bed wetter?
(a) Because Todd called Bud a bed wetter.
(b) Because it is a humiliating experience.
(c) Because it will get Todd in trouble with his parents.
(d) Because he wanted to be able to laugh at Todd one time.

8. What kind of promise did Bud make with Bugs?
(a) Swear.
(b) Slob.
(c) Pinky.
(d) Jungle.

9. How does Bud handle his emotion as he is leaving the orphanage?
(a) He cheers.
(b) He fights it.
(c) He cries.
(d) He yells and screams.

10. On what topic is the book that the new librarian gives Bud?
(a) World War II.
(b) The Civil War.
(c) World War I.
(d) The Revolutionary War.

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

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

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

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

15. What does Bud sense in the family members with whom he is sharing breakfast?
(a) Anger.
(b) Surprise.
(c) Frustration.
(d) Despair.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the metal bars on the library an example of for Bud?

2. What are both Bud and Jerry concerned about in regard to their new home?

3. What story does Bud recount for Bugs that Bugs had already heard about?

4. What did Todd do to Bud with a pencil?

5. How does Bud feel toward the family who helped him?

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