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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What responsibility does Bud take with the band?
(a) Mopping the floors.
(b) Carrying the instruments.
(c) Cleaning the instruments.
(d) Taking tickets for their concerts.

2. How does the box on the front seat of the car make Bud feel?
(a) Not good.
(b) Creepy.
(c) Scared.
(d) Good.

3. How are Kim and Scott introduced to Bud when he wakes up?
(a) As his new family.
(b) As his new best friends.
(c) As other orphans.
(d) As the grandkids.

4. What does Bud tell the man about where he is from?
(a) He tells him that he ran away from Grand Rapids.
(b) He tells him that he fell off of a train.
(c) He tells him that he left an orphanage in Chicago.
(d) He tells him that he is looking for his parents.

5. Why is Bud worried about riding back from the music gig?
(a) He isn't allowed to ride with the band.
(b) He has to find his own way back after the gig.
(c) He has to ride back with Mr. Calloway and his grumpiness.
(d) He isn't allowed to talk or sleep.

6. What does Bud fall asleep to the sound of in this chapter?
(a) Sounds from the restaurant below.
(b) Arguing between Miss Thomas and Mr. Calloway.
(c) Crying of someone in the other room.
(d) Music rehearsal from the band.

7. Where do Bud and Lefty meet up with Mr. Calloway?
(a) Cabin.
(b) Bank.
(c) Hospital.
(d) Restaurant.

8. What time of day is Bud out walking when the man stops and whistles for him?
(a) 8:00 A.M.
(b) 12:00 P.M.
(c) 2:30 A.M.
(d) 9:00 P.M.

9. How does the man who Bud accepts a ride with introduce himself?
(a) Lefty Lewis.
(b) Scott Lewis.
(c) Peanut Head.
(d) Mr. Calloway.

10. Where did Bud hear the book that Bud imagines himself a part of?
(a) His mother read it to him.
(b) Miss Thomas is reading it to him.
(c) He read it at the library.
(d) He heard it at the orphanage.

11. How did Bud sleep that first night in the bed that Miss Thomas loaned him?
(a) He slept restlessly.
(b) He didn't sleep at all.
(c) He slept quite uncomfortably.
(d) He slept very well.

12. What does NBC stand for?
(a) No one Likes Classical.
(b) Nothing But Classical.
(c) Nobody But Calloway.
(d) Nothing Bears Calloway.

13. What does Lefty mock about Bud?
(a) His sleeping.
(b) His suitcase.
(c) His accent.
(d) His clothes.

14. What worried Bud about the first bedroom Bud had since he lived with his mother?
(a) Listening to other people in the room.
(b) What would happen if he wet the bed.
(c) Monsters in the closet.
(d) Having strangers sleep in the same house.

15. Why doesn't Lefty go in with Bud to meet Bud's father?
(a) Because the police are still watching.
(b) Because he has to get to the hospital immediately.
(c) Because Bud convinces him not to.
(d) Because Bud begs him not to go in with them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the policeman discuss before letting them go on to Grand Rapids?

2. Where is the stranger on his way to before he stopped to talk to Bud?

3. What does Mr. Calloway pick up and put in his pocket?

4. What did Lefty send to Bud's dad?

5. What emotional event happens to Bud during this chapter?

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