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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

3. In what state did Bud live with his mother when she died?
(a) Maine.
(b) Texas.
(c) Michigan
(d) Illinois.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bud see that upsets him as he approaches the library?

2. Which of the following does Todd say to scare Bud as Mr. Amos prepares to take Bud toward his punishment?

3. Which of the following is the information Bud knows about his new home?

4. Why can Bud find information easily in the library?

5. Which of the following can be said to be true about the influence Bud's mother had on him?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the hornets and the edgy teeth seem to be symbolic of?

2. How does Bud realize that the Amoses must have rummaged through his suitcase?

3. How does Bud know that his trick on Todd was the right thing to do and how does Bud leave?

4. What does Bud call the book page dust and what does it help him to do?

5. What information does the new librarian share with Bud and how does she treat Bud?

6. What realization does Bud come to after he sees the metal bars on the library?

7. Why does it bother Bud that the Amoses have rummaged through his suitcase?

8. What does Bud take with him and how does he feel as he leaves?

9. How could the favor that Bud's new adoptive family provided be described?

10. Why does Bud have a difficult time getting along with Todd?

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