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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Bud smacks the hornet's nest?
(a) It falls and hits Bud on the head.
(b) Fish heads fall out of it..
(c) The bees attack him.
(d) A hollow sound echos.

2. To which character does Bud flash back to during this chapter?
(a) Deza Malone.
(b) Todd Amos.
(c) Ms. Hill.
(d) Billy Burns.

3. How much older than Bud is Todd?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 5 years.

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

5. What is important to Bud about the contents of his suitcase that was disturbed by the Amos family?
(a) The items cannot be touched by others.
(b) The items cannot be seen by anyone other than himself.
(c) The items need to stay organized the way he has them.
(d) The items cannot touch each other.

6. What did Todd do to Bud with a pencil?
(a) Stabbed him in the arm.
(b) Threw it like it was a spear.
(c) Pushed it into his toe.
(d) Shoved it up his nose.

7. Which of the following describes how Bud feels about Jerry's new home?
(a) He is going to be unhappy there.
(b) He is in for a lot of trouble.
(c) He got the short end of the stick.
(d) He is luckier than Bud.

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

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

10. In what way did Bud consider the relationship between himself and Ms. Hill?
(a) He thought of her as a mentor.
(b) He thought of them as acquaintances.
(c) He thought of them as friends.
(d) He thought of her as a surrogate mother.

11. What is a cardboard jungle another name for?
(a) An orphanage.
(b) A gathering of homeless people.
(c) A jungle gym.
(d) A shelter.

12. What story does Bud recount for Bugs that Bugs had already heard about?
(a) His time in the barn with the hornets.
(b) His fight with Todd Amos.
(c) His Momma's sayings about hope.
(d) His story about the librarian moving.

13. Why is Bud allowed to stay in the food line when he shows up late?
(a) A family pretended he was their son.
(b) He snuck into the line.
(c) He begged the workers explaining how hungry he was.
(d) He was under the age of fifteen which allows him to eat at any time.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many pictures of his mother does Bud have?

2. What about the books that Ms. Hill showed Bud did he like?

3. Which of the following describes the approximate age of Bud's mother in the picture he is looking at of her in this chapter?

4. What is page powder?

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

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