Who's Who?
Who is the narrator and main character of this book? (First and Last Name)
Who is Bud Caldwell?
Bud is sent to live with this foster family.
Who are the Amoses?
Bud keeps his most important possessions inside this item.
What is his suitcase?
Bud repeatedly corrects people by saying his name is Bud, not this.
What is Buddy?
Bud comforts Jerry even though Bud is also worried. This shows that Bud is this kind of person.
What is caring, compassionate, empathetic, nurturing, kind, thoughtful? (Answer varies)
Who is the character that is sent from the Home to live with a family that has three girls?
Who is Jerry Clark?
Todd uses this object to bother Bud while Bud is sleeping. (Must be specific)
What is a Ticonderoga pencil?
Bud carries several of these papers advertising musical performances.
What are flyers?
Being “on the lam” means Bud is doing this.
What is running away or hiding from authorities?
Bud escaping from the locked shed shows these two character traits.
What are resourcefulness and determination? Also accepted: courage, bravery, drive, fearlessness, ingenuity
This twelve year old boy bullies Bud at his new foster home. (Must have first and last name).
Who is Todd Amos?
Bud mistakes a hornets’ nest for this frightening animal.
What is a vampire bat?
In Bud’s photograph, his mother is sitting on this animal.
What is a small horse or pony?
In the novel, a mission is a place where people in need can receive this.
What is food or a free meal?
Why does Bud hide Mr. Amos’s shotgun before getting revenge on Todd?
He wants to prevent the Amoses from using it against him if they wake up.
What is the name of the librarian Bud plans to ask for help after leaving the Amoses.
Who is Ms. Hill?
Bud pours warm water on Todd’s pajamas as part of his revenge to make him do what?
What is wet the bed?
The flyers feature this musician, whom Bud believes may be his father.
Who is Herman E. Calloway?
Bud’s Rule Number 3 says that if you must tell a lie, it should have these two qualities.
What are simple and easy to remember?
The mission’s long breakfast line helps readers understand this major historical problem.
What is the poverty and hunger caused by the Great Depression?
This group pretends Bud is their son so he can remain in the breakfast line. (Not a real name but what Bud calls them in the chapter.)
Who is Bud's pretend family?
Explain how Bud gets breakfast after arriving too late to join the mission’s line.
A family pretends that Bud is their son and brings him into the line.
Why is Bud’s suitcase more important to him than an ordinary piece of luggage?
It holds his few possessions and connects him to his mother, family, and past.
What do Bud’s many rules reveal about his life before the story began? (Answer using your thoughts)
He has faced difficult situations and developed rules to protect himself and survive.
Bud remembers his mother’s lesson about one door closing and another opening. What does this metaphor mean?
One difficult ending can lead to a new opportunity or beginning.