The character that said, "Wow! You got it all the way up to R!"
Todd Amos
This word means, "a room that has a toilet and a sink"
What is a Lavatory?
Places where children without parents, or whose parents gave them up, lived.
What are orphanages?
What is the brand of pencil that Todd shoves up Bud's nose?
Ticonderoga
The character that said, "You little cur, what have you done to Toddy?"
Mrs. Amos
This word means "to begin or start something."
What is commence?
Causes of the Great Depression.
(Must have at least one listed)
What are:
bank failures
risky stock market investments
a drastic drop in consumer spending
severe droughts?
The age of Bud Caldwell in Bud, Not Buddy.
Who is 10 years old?
The character that said: "If You Got To Tell a Lie, Make Sure It's Simple and Easy to Remember"
Bud Caldwell
This word means "a long period of time when the economy is very bad, businesses close, and many people lose their jobs."
What is an (economic) depression
The decade that the majority of The Great Depression happened, and the time period that Bud, Not Buddy is set.
When were the 1930s?
The city that Bud, Not Buddy is set.
Where is Flint, Michigan?
The character that said, "Well, bugs ain't so different from us as you'd think, soon as he saw those tweezers coming at him he was pretty terrified and commenced to screaming, screaming in English too, not some bug language you'd expect from a roach."
Bugs
This word means "a formal or older word that means the exact same thing as while—at the same time as something else is happening"
What is "whilst?"
The year that the stock market crashed.
When was 1929?
Bud's official name for his rules for living life.
What are Bud Caldwell's Rules and Things for Having a Funner Life and Making a Better Liar Out of Yourself?
The character that said, "I think it's best that we show our new foster families that we're verrrrryyyyy..."
Who is the caseworker?
This word means "a guarantee, promise, or something kept as a "security deposit" to make sure a person follows the rules or does what they are supposed to do."
What is "assurance?"
What people called the shantytowns (neighborhoods made of shacks and makeshift shelters) during the Great Depression, named after the sitting president of the time.
The name of the jazz band on the poster that Bud keeps in his suitcase.
What is "Herman E. Calloway and the Dusky Devastators of the Depression!!!!!!"?