Bud, Not Buddy
The main character's full name.
Who is Bud Caldwell?
The main character's full name.
Who is Billie Jo Kelby?
The hero of the Ramayana who must rescue his wife from the demon king.
Who is Rama?
The main character who tries to return home to Ithaca.
Who is Odysseus?
The main character of Blood on the River.
Who is Samuel Collier?
The main focus of Written in Bone.
What is learning about the lives of early settlers by studying their skeletons?
The captain of the expedition on the ship Endurance.
Who is Ernest Shackleton?
Bud carries his suitcase with him everywhere he goes for this reason.
What is to keep his special memories and important things safe?
The setting of the story.
What is the Oklahoma Panhandle?
Rama's wife, who is kidnapped by Ravana.
Who is Sita?
The important people waiting for Odysseus back in Ithaca.
Who is his wife, Penelope, and his son, Telemachus?
The name of the ship that takes Samuel and the other settlers to the New World.
What is the Susan Constant?
The scientific study that analyzes human bones.
What is forensic anthropology?
The goal of Shackleton's expedition.
What is to cross Antarctica from one side to the other?
The musician Bud thinks might be his father.
Who is Herman E. Calloway?
Resulting in the death of Billie Jo's mother.
What is from burns after Billie Jo accidentally throws kerosene on her?
The monkey god who helps Rama in his quest to rescue Sita.
Who is Hanuman?
The dangerous creatures Odysseus faces on his journey.
What is the Cyclops (Polyphemus), the Sirens, or Scylla and Charybdis?
The leader who brings order to the Jamestown settlement.
Who is Captain John Smith?
Scientists determine what kind of work a person did in the past from their bones.
What is looking at wear and tear, muscle marks, or injuries to the bones.
This changed the course of the expedition.
What is got trapped in ice and eventually sank?
The flyers Bud carries in his suitcase are important to him.
What are the clues to finding his father and a connection to his mother's past.
Billie Jo's feeling of guilt.
What Billi Jo believes she she did to cause her mother's death by throwing the burning kerosene?
Ravana's special advantage that made him difficult to defeat.
What is he could not be killed by gods or demons?
The reason Poseidon tries to prevent Odysseus from getting home.
What is because Odysseus blinded Poseidon's son, the Cyclops (Polyphemus)?
The reason Samuel has to learn to trust and cooperate with others at Jamestown.
What is because survival depends on working together, sharing food, and following orders?
The discovery of the Captain's burial was important in the Jamestown settlement.
What is because it provided clues about the diet, health, and hardships of early colonists?
The reasons Shackleton was considered a great leader during the crisis.
What is because he kept his crew together, made decisions to ensure their survival, and never gave up hope?
The setting of the Great Depression shapes Bud's journey in a few ways.
What is the lack of jobs and homes that makes Bud's search for family harder and more dangerous?
The dust storms affected Billie Jo's life and her family's survival in several ways.
What ruined crops, made breathing difficult, and caused her family to lose hope and income.
The divine loophole which led to the defeat of Ravana.
What is because Ravana could only be defeated by a human (Rama).
Ways Odysseus shows cleverness or bravery during his journey.
What is tricking Polyphemus with the name "Nobody", building a raft to escape Calypso's island, or devising a plan to defeat the suitors in Ithaca?
One way Samuel changes from the beginning of the story to the end.
What is growing from anger, selfish to more responsible, matures & learns about respect and cooperation.
Studying burial sites helps historians understand life in the early colonies in many ways.
What is by revealing information about nutrition, health, social status, cause of death, and burial customs?
One way the crew managed to survive after the Endurance sank.
What is by using lifeboats to reach Elephant Island, rationing supplies, and working together as a team.