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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is knowing that Ms. Hill is not there is symbolic of what for Bud?
(a) Constant change.
(b) The worries of the unknown.
(c) Everyone he likes abandoning him.
(d) Life's problems and issues.

3. What does Bud hope to do after he escapes from the angry hornets?
(a) Move back into the house.
(b) Hide from the Amos family.
(c) Go out on his own.
(d) Return to the orphanage.

4. What does Bud reflect on in relation to conversations with his mother?
(a) They never had any real conversations.
(b) They are all the same.
(c) They provide him with the rules to live by.
(d) He can barely remember them anymore.

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

6. Which of the following terms describes the character of Todd?
(a) Reserved.
(b) Hesitant.
(c) Spiteful.
(d) Manipulative.

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

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

9. 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 is filled with things he and his mother shared.
(c) It can be rearranged and changed regularly.
(d) It holds symbols of things Bud can control.

10. What does Bud's mother believe that an unbloomed flower holds?
(a) Promise.
(b) Wonder.
(c) Life secrets.
(d) Surprise.

11. How does Bud learn that he will not be able to see his favorite librarian?
(a) Another kind librarian tells him.
(b) He sees her and she tells him that she is leaving.
(c) He overhears two patrons talking about it.
(d) He reads about it in the paper.

12. What does Bud refuse to allow Mr. Amos or the other family members to notice?
(a) His relief at being away from them.
(b) His fear and anger.
(c) His desperate need to belong.
(d) His disgust and terror.

13. Which of the following pictures does this novel provide insight into at the beginning?
(a) How it feels to lose your mother and be abandonded by your father.
(b) How it feels to lose your best friend due to moving.
(c) How it feels to grow up in a difficult setting.
(d) How it feels to be in an orphange and be picked to leave.

14. What was the last straw for Bud which helped him decide that he had to leave the Amos household?
(a) Being locked in the barn.
(b) The sight of the gun lying in an open area.
(c) Todd's constant physical abuse.
(d) The Amos family going through his suitcase.

15. Bud refers to Bugs as his brother in what?
(a) Life.
(b) Spirit.
(c) Spit.
(d) Blood.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Bud dream about often and then worry about really happening?

3. What does Bud end up doing instead of his initial trick?

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

5. What does Bud sense in the family members with whom he is sharing breakfast?

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