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

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

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

4. What does the policeman discuss before letting them go on to Grand Rapids?
(a) Where Bud's father is located.
(b) Why they were traveling over the speed limit.
(c) Transportation of blood.
(d) Concern over labor organizer problems.

5. What does Bud fall asleep to the sound of in this chapter?
(a) Sounds from the restaurant below.
(b) Crying of someone in the other room.
(c) Arguing between Miss Thomas and Mr. Calloway.
(d) Music rehearsal from the band.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lefty mock about Bud?

2. How is it revealed that Bud and Mr. Calloway are related?

3. How does Bud feel about the gift that Eddie offers him?

4. What does Bud feel that he has to continue to work on in this chapter?

5. What does Bud do in order to escape the supposed vampire?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Bud feel when he finds out he will be staying with the band for more than one night and what does this cause him to wonder?

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

3. What can the reader learn about Bud and his feelings about the band and how can the reader tell this information?

4. What does Bud learn about his father and how does he feel about this information?

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

6. How does Bud explain to the stranger his being alone and traveling to Grand Rapids?

7. What does Bud realize when he wakes up the next morning?

8. Where does Bud's distrust of adults come from and is it warranted?

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

10. When Bud goes out after waking up what happens and what does this make him sense?

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