Vocabulary
To be sad
What is glum?
The protagonist.
Who is Bud?
The thing Bud thought was in the shed with him.
What is a vampire bat?
To anger or enrage
What is provoke?
"...like a turtle in a shell."
What is a simile?
Suffering from bad luck
What is unfortunately ?
Who is Todd Amos?
The family Bud was sent to.
Who are the Amoses?
Chronic condition that affects the airways in the lungs
What is asthma?
"The caseworker came in and tap-tap-tapped down the line."
To begin or start
What is commence?
These people made Bud sleep in the shed.
Who are Mr. and Mrs. Amos?
Where did Bud go to get refuge after leaving the Amoses?
What is the library?
A bathroom
What is lavatory?
"swung it like I was Paul Bunyan chopping down a tree with one blow"
What is a hyperbole?
An appointment or arrangement
What is engagement?
Who is Momma?
What is a pencil?
Mischievous and often poor youngster
"I Swung as hard as I could at Todd's big ballon head."
What is a metaphor?
Feeling or thought that something is possible, likely, or true
The name Bud was given when he was waiting for breakfast.
What is Clarence?
What does Bud have in his suitcase that makes him think of his father?
What is a flyer about a jazz group?
What is tolerate?
"It felt like someone had stuck a red-hot nail right into my left cheek."
What is a hyperbole?