Quote Analysis
Vocabulary in Use
Content, All Day
Characters
Show Me the Evidence
100
“There comes a time when you're losing a fight that it just doesn't make sense to keep on fighting. It's not that you're being a quitter, it's just that you've got the sense to know when enough is enough.” When does Bud say this? describe the scene. Do you agree or disagree? Why?
In regards to fighting Todd (etc)
100
Bud describes the new books in the library as making this sound.
What is "splitting"
100
Bud, Not Buddy is told through which character’s point of view?
Who is "Bud's"
100
This character is a "woman of her word," and punished Bud by sending him to the shed for the night.
Who is "Mrs. Amos"
100
This is the city Bud, Not Buddy takes place.
What is "Flint, Michigan"
200
Make an inference about how Bud feels about the library. Find a quotation in the text directly to support this.
Quote: As soon as I got into the library I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. I got a whiff of the leather on all the old books, a smell that got real strong if you picked one of them up and stuck your nose real close to it when you turned the pages. Then there was the the smell of the cloth that covered the brand-new books, books that made a splitting sound when you opened them. Then I could sniff the the paper, that soft, powdery, drowsy smell that comes off the page in little puffs when you're reading something or looking at some pictures, kind of hypnotizing smell. Bud feels at peace and comfortable in the library. It is a safe space.
200
To grow, prosper, and develop.
What is "Thrive"
200
In Bud, Not Buddy, Chapter 9, bud uses figurative language to compare ideas to what?
What are "seeds"
200
This character washes the dishes with Bud, and talks with him about parents and life in Hooverville.
Who is "Deza Malone"
200
"___________ momma was right," Bud thinks, "someone who doesn't know who their family is, is like dust blowing around in a storm, they don't really belong any one place. I started wondering if going to California was the right thing to do… it seemed to make a whole lot more sense to think that they were somewhere around Flint instead of out west" Who inspired this realization of Bud's?
Who is Deza Malone
300
In Bud, Not Buddy, Bud says “everything moved very fast when Momma was near, she was like a tornado, never resting, always looking around us, never standing still…” Make an inference about Bud's relationship with his mother before she died. Use your understanding of this quotation to defend your inference.
What is "scattered, fast-moving, confusing, loving."
300
To mark up the text with comments, questions, and reactions.
What is "annotation"
300
When Bud first meets Lefty Lewis, he infers that he is a vampire because why?
What is "after being invited into his car, Bud saw “human blood” boxes, and came to the conclusion that Lewis was a vampire.
300
This Character got his name after an English speaking creepy crawler found its way into his ear
Who is "Bugs"
300
Who is Bud with when he sees the big billboard outside of the mission? Where in the text can we see this.
Who are "his pretend family--momma, poppa, and two siblings."
400
“A bud is a flower-to-be. A flower in waiting. Waiting for just the right warmth and care to open up. It's a little fist of love waiting to unfold and be seen by the world. And that's you.” What is the meaning of this quotation? Which major literary device is this an example of?
What is "symbolism" and this quotation point to the fact that Bud is like a flower-in-waiting. He is full of potential.
400
To continue to live or exist.
What is "to survive"
400
Bud decides to search for his father in this city.
What are the "Grand Rapids."
400
This character rescues Bud from a very long walk, and shows Bud what family looks like.
Who is "Lefty Lewis"
400
Describe the people in line outside of the mission. What do they look like, how do they behave? Use evidence from the text to support your claim.
What is "poor and raggedy"
500
Bud tries to brush off his mother's death by saying it's "OK" in a conversation with This character, who calls his bluff, saying "No, it's not and you should quit pretending that it is." Who says this?
Who is "Deza Malone"
500
A logical conclusion based on evidence from the text.
What is "Inference"
500
The policemen did this to Flint's Hooverville.
What is "burn it to the ground."
500
This character wails on the fiddle, and looks something like Bud, only "quite a bit bigger...if you know what I mean."
Who is "Herman E. Calloway"
500
Make an inference about why it is that the line of poor men and women busted out in a “bubble of laughter” when they saw this billboard outside of the mission. Point to evidence in the text to support claims.
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