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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 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 facinated by the roles of the crew.
(c) He cannot figure out what part of the band does what.
(d) He is surprised by how they make the music.

2. What does Bud feel that he has to continue to work on in this chapter?
(a) Convincing Miss Thomas to let him stay.
(b) His manners to impress the band members.
(c) His music skills so he can join the band.
(d) Gaining Mr. Calloway's trust.

3. What emotional event happens to Bud during this chapter?
(a) He becomes saddened.
(b) He becomes withrdrawn.
(c) He cries uncontrollably.
(d) He becomes enraged.

4. What is Bud's new nickname based on?
(a) His need to find a father.
(b) His knack for oversleeping.
(c) His new suitcase.
(d) His learning of the recorder.

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) Take him to a dance.
(c) Feed him at a restaurant.
(d) Tell him a story about his father.

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. What does Bud think the man who stops and whistles at him might be?
(a) Policeman.
(b) Soldier.
(c) Truant officer.
(d) Orphanage director.

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

14. What does Bud do in order to escape the supposed vampire?
(a) Runs down the road.
(b) Puts the car in drive.
(c) Runs under the car and refuse to come out.
(d) Hides in the car and lock all of the doors.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bud tell the man about where he is from?

2. What simple thing that most people take for granted surprised and made Bud happy?

3. What does Bud begin to realize about people?

4. Who is Miss Thomas?

5. What does the man who stops for Bud tell him he needs?

(see the answer keys)

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