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100
How old is Bud?
10
100

What type of figurative language is used in this sentence? "When Deza smiled a little dimple jumped up in her brown cheek." 

personification (dimple jumped)

100

Who is Ms. Hill/Mrs. Rollins?

The librarian

100
List 2 of Bud's INTERNAL CONFLICTS
not knowing who his dad is missing his mom
100

Who is Hooverville named after? 

President Herbert Hoover

200

Based on this sentence, what is the best definition of the word WIRY? "I'm going to be eleven on November 14th, and I'm not skinny, I'm wiry." 

thin or slender, but strong

200

How does Lefty Lewis get Bud to come out from hiding in the bushes? 

He offers him food. (A baloney sandwich and pop)

200
Bud's mom told him about doors opening and closing. What did she mean?
When something bad happens, something good will come along
200

When Bugs finds Bud, he has a plan to go where? 

Bugs wants to go west to make money. 

200

Bud decides to walk to __________________ to find his father. 

Grand Rapids. 

300
What does Bud keep in his suitcase? (there are 4 answers!)
flyers from Herman E Calloway's bands rocks with writing on them a blanket a photo of his mother
300
Why did Bud's mother name him Bud?
It stands for a flower getting ready to open up and bloom just like he would someday
300
What genre is "Bud Not Buddy"?
historical fiction
300

What type of figurative language is used in this sentence? "Shoot, this ain't no city, this is just another cardboard jungle." (Page 65)

Metaphor

300
Describe Hooverville
shantytown cardboard town people cooking and cleaning they have no money, nowhere else to go, waiting to ride the rails
400
Why did Bud hit Todd Amos?
Todd shoved a pencil up Bud's nose
400
Why did Bud's mother not want him to be called Buddy? (3 answers)
Because it sounds like a dog's name Because if she wanted the "Y" on the end she would've put it there Because it sounds like a nickname fake people would use
400
What's the setting? (3 answers!)
Flint, Michigan 1936 The Great Depression
400

What does Lefty Lewis tease his daughter about the most? 

Her cooking skills

400

Who is Mrs. Sleet?

Lefty Lewis' daughter

500
How did Bud feel when the Amos's locked him in their shed?
Scared and angry
500
Why did the man in charge at the mission try to stop Bud from getting in line? How did Bud end up getting in line to eat?
Bud was late. A nice family pretended he was their son and let him get in line and eat with them.
500

What did Bud give Deza Malone at the "crik" in the woods?

A kiss

500

Bud first compares the idea that his father is Herman E. Calloway to a ____________ (hint: extended metaphor)

seed

500

Why did Bud lock Lefty Lewis out of the car and take off down the road?

He thought Lefty Lewis was a vampire. 

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