Characters
Racism
Hoovervilles
Pretend Family
Vocabulary
100
Bugs
What is sealed into brotherhood with Bud by mixing their slobber?
100
What did the Owosso sign say?
The sign said, "To Our Negro Friends Who Are Passing Through, Kindly Don't Let the Sun Set on Your Read End in Owosso!"
100
Who were the towns named after?
Herbert Hoover
100
Why was Bud not allowed to eat breakfast at the mission?
He got there late.
100
members of a family
What is Kin
200
Herman E. Calloway
What is Bud's grandfather
200
What did the mission sign show?
It showed a picture of a white, rich family and said, "There is no place like America today!"
200
Where were the Hoovervilles located?.
just outside the big cities
200
What did the pretend family do for Bud?
acted like he was their kid so Bud could eat
200
and ornery mischievous youngster
What is scamp?
300
Miss Thomas
What is the name of the vocalist in the band?
300
Why did Herman E. Calloway always have one white member of the band?
The band needed a white man to go to clubs and get the jobs.
300
What were the people's situtation?
poor and hungry
300
They slapped him in the head and called him Clarence.
How did Bud meet the pretend family?
300
vermin
What are small destructive annoying insects or animals called?
400
Sleepy LaBone
What is the musician nickname for Bud?
400
Why didn't Mr. Calloway purchase the club himself?
Mr. Calloway couldn't buy the club because he was black.
400
What did people live in?
cardboard boxes and tin shacks
400
Did Bud stay with the family?
NO
400
to bring into existence or to begin
What does commence mean?
500
Angela Janet
What was Bud's mother's name?
500
What was the Great Depression
a time in American history in which there was great poverty and job loss
500
What did the pretend family do for Bud?
brown sugar
500
having pus; feeling resentment and anger build up inside you
What does festering mean?
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