Who I Am ?
I stuck a pencil up Bud's nose.
Who is Todd Amos?
"The Dusky Devastators got as quiet as some mice with bedroom slippers on."
What is a simile?
To get payback from someone who wronged you. (page 6 Chapters 3-4)
What is revenge?
"He could kiss my wrist."
Who is Bud?
The state Bud, Not Buddy takes place in is______
What is Flint, Michigan?
I was Bud's first kiss.
Who is Deza Malone?
"I unlocked my door just in case he had any tricks up his sleeve."
What is an idiom?
Sad; gloomy (page 3 Chapters 1-2)
What is glum?
"A bud is a flower-to-be. A flower-in-waiting."
Who is Momma?
People lost this when the Great Depression hit.
What is hope, money, jobs, homes?
This was the name my pretend family gave me when we ate breakfast at the mission.
Who is Clarence?
"We turned another corner and my heart started jumping around in my stomach."
What is personification?
Demanded; persisted. (page 9 Ch 5-6)
What is insisted?
"I do not have time to put up with the foolishness of those members of our race who do not want to be uplifted."
Who is Mrs. Amos?
Men and boys rode these in order to find jobs out west.
What is trains/railroads?
I am Bud's friend from the Home.
Who is Bugs?
"The whole band busted a gut laughing."
What is an idiom?
Tattered; neglected (page 9 Ch. 5-6)
What is raggedy?
"My daddy says families are the most important thing there is..."
Who is Deza Malone?
The "shantytowns" named after President Herbert Hoover.
What is a Hooverville?
I am the person Bud thinks is his dad.
Who is Herman E. Calloway?
"Steady Eddie would make the saxophone sing and talk and dance around everyone else and you’d swear that was the only sound you’d ever want to hear again."
What is personification?
Ungratefulness; not thankful. (page 3 Ch 1-2)
What is ingratitude?
"Did the guy [Todd] cry when you whupped him?"
Who is Bugs?
People had to stand on long soup kitchen lines just to get this.
What is food?