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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 is Bud given to take with him?
(a) Food and water.
(b) Blanket and pillow.
(c) Bowl and cup.
(d) Suitcase and pillow.

2. What happens during Bud's first trick?
(a) Nothing immediately.
(b) Bud slips and falls, spilling water on himself.
(c) Todd urinates in bed.
(d) Todd wakes up and gets mad.

3. What hang on the barn's door?
(a) Vampire bats.
(b) Skulls of a cow.
(c) Snakes.
(d) Fish heads.

4. What does Bud hope to be able to do at the library to make his home away from home seem complete?
(a) Find a place on a shelf to sleep.
(b) Reserve his favorite books so they are always there.
(c) See his favorite librarian.
(d) Find the book his mother used to read to him.

5. What does Bud end up doing instead of his initial trick?
(a) Placing Todd's hand in warm water.
(b) Pouring water on Todd in his bed.
(c) Screaming goodbye to Todd.
(d) Urinating on Todd in his bed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bud see around the corner as he heads with the other residents toward the train?

2. What does Bud have for breakfast?

3. What story does Bud recount for Bugs that Bugs had already heard about?

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

5. What cause scrapes on Bud as he tries to get out of the barn?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is one of Bud's mother's sayings that Bud remembers and how does it make Bud feel?

2. What would Billy pretend and tease the other boys at the orphanage about?

3. What did Billy used to argue about at the home and why did he say he wouldn't be there much longer?

4. What did Bud and Bugs plan to do and how did they agree to be there for each other?

5. Who is Deza Malone and why is this character important to Bud?

6. Write about Bud's list and describe the general information about it and what it provides for Bud.

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

8. Why does Bud's mother insist he be called Bud and not Buddy?

9. What happens to Bud's mother after she becomes angered over one of the blue flyers he carries as a prized possession?

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

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