2. What does Bud believe is the key in winning over Mr. Calloway?
(a) Learning to play an instrument.
(b) Staying out of Mr. Calloway's way.
(c) Cleaning for the band.
(d) Making friends with the other band members.

3. How did Bud spend time entertaining himself?
(a) Looking at the books on the depression.
(b) Waiting in line for food.
(c) Jumping in and out of the city of Flint.
(d) Trying to find cardboard to use as his home.

4. Where is the stranger on his way to before he stopped to talk to Bud?
(a) Home.
(b) Hospital.
(c) Another city.
(d) Blood bank.

5. What do the band members promise to do for Bud while they figure out what is going on with the story about his father?
(a) Play music for him.
(b) Tell him a story about his father.
(c) Feed him at a restaurant.
(d) Take him to a dance.

6. What makes it difficult for Bud to talk with Mr. Calloway?
(a) The other band members interrupting.
(b) Bud's nerves.
(c) Calloway's rocks.
(d) Calloway's ill temperament.

7. How is it revealed that Bud and Mr. Calloway are related?
(a) Nephew and uncle.
(b) Grandson and grandfather.
(c) They are not related at all.
(d) Son and father.

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

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

10. What did Lefty send to Bud's dad?
(a) Letter.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Blood.
(d) Telegram.

11. Which of the following words describes how Bud feels about his first real encounter with the band and their crew?
(a) He is mystified by the music.
(b) He is surprised by how they make the music.
(c) He cannot figure out what part of the band does what.
(d) He is facinated by the roles of the crew.

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

13. How does Bud decide is the best way to deal with the situation with the stranger he is riding with?
(a) Provide as little information as possible.
(b) Tell a lie to all of the questions.
(c) Ask as many questions as he can think of.
(d) Pretend he is sleeping.

14. 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 left an orphanage in Chicago.
(c) He tells him that he fell off of a train.
(d) He tells him that he is looking for his parents.

15. What does Bud find himself daydreaming about in this chapter?
(a) Where he will live when the band travels.
(b) What would happen if Miss Thomas adopted him.
(c) What his mother would think.
(d) Staying with the band permanently.