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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Bud given to take with him?

2. Which of the following best describes how Bud feels about going to his new home?

3. What is knowing that Ms. Hill is not there is symbolic of what for Bud?

4. Which of the following best describes how Bud is feeling at this point in the novel?

5. How does Ms. Amos keep Bud in the place where she banished him?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Bud feel about being stuck in the barn?

5. In what way are the library and the shelter similar and what do they provide for Bud?

6. How does the reader feel after Bud is attacked by the hornets?

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

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

9. What does Bud dream about and what does this dream cause him to worry about?

10. What is Bud saddened about at the beginning of Chapter 9 and where is he when this occurs?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what way does the author use foreshadowing throughout the novel? Do you believe the author is successful at foreshadowing events? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

In what way does Bud begin to see the importance of his things in a new light? Do you think his new conclusions are right? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Describe in writing how the picture on the front cover of the novel provides forewarning that the main character pictured there will be a strong character. Do you agree that Bud is a strong character? Why or why not?

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