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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 the man who stops for Bud tell him he needs?
(a) Company on a long walk.
(b) Food and water.
(c) Help with a problem.
(d) Someone who can read to him.

2. How does the stranger react to Bud being in the car without him?
(a) Disgusted.
(b) Stunned.
(c) Puzzled.
(d) Angered.

3. What does Bud feel is a euphemism for someone who has died?
(a) Gone.
(b) Away.
(c) Passed away.
(d) Moved on.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bud notice is on the rocks he sees in the glove compartment?

2. How does the man who Bud accepts a ride with introduce himself?

3. How did Bud spend time entertaining himself?

4. How does Lefty refer to Bud?

5. What do Kim and Scott start doing immediately when Bud wakes up and they are introduced?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bud worry about when he finds out that Lefty sent his father a telegram?

2. What does Mr. Calloway say to Bud under his breath?

3. How does Bud begin to feel about the group?

4. What does the stranger do to soften up Bud and make him realize he wants him to help him?

5. Why did the restaurant decide it was easier just to use the NBC initials instead of the full band name on the reservation sign?

6. Why does the band take Bud to the Sweet Pea Restaurant and what does he have to do in return?

7. What does Bud tell Mr. Calloway that leads him to realize that he and Bud are related and in what way are they related?

8. Why is Bud always suspicious of adults and what do they say to make him suspicious?

9. What does Bud find out that Lefty knows which might cause him some difficulties with his story?

10. How does feel about accepting the ride from the stranger and what does he do that will help him to feel more confident?

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