Setting
Characters
Cause & Effect
Who Said That?
Figurative Language
100
The city and state where Bud is from
What is Flint, Michigan?
100
Bud Caldwell.
Who is the main character of the novel?
100
The reason Bud likes Civil War books.
What is they have the best fighting pictures?
100
"Here we go again."
Who is Bud Caldwell.
100
I walked over to the woodpile cool as a cucumber.
What is a simile comparing Bud to a cucumber?
200
The last foster home Bud ran away from.
What is The Amoses home?
200
He stuck a ticonderoga pencil up Bud's nose.
Who is Todd Amos?
200
The reason Bud keeps hitting the hornet's nest.
What is he thought it was a vampire bat?
200
"The boy's head is shaped like a peanut."
Who is Lefty Louis?
200
It sounded like I'd turned on a buzz saw in the shed.
What is a simile comparing the sound of the hornets to a buzz saw?
300
The city Lefty Louis takes Bud to meet his father.
What is Grand Rapids, Michigan?
300
She asked her father to bring her a "wock" back from Chicago.
Who is Bud's mother?
300
The reason Lefty Louis had Bud hide a box under his car seat.
What is because it contained secret labor union documents?
300
"That's right Bud, you're back in your momma's room."
Who is Miss Thomas?
300
Another fire-nail went into my knee and a second one went into my sock.
What is a metaphor comparing the sting of the hornet to a fire-nail?
400
The place Bud meets Deza Malone and waits for the train.
What is Hooverville?
400
Bud thought he was a vampire.
Who is Lefty Louis?
400
Why Bud's mother ran away from home.
What is because her father was too hard on her?
400
"...look at him, Mother, this one's got 'bed wetter' written all over him."
Who is Toddy?
400
While the rest of the band was being a storm, she was the sun busting through thick, gray clouds.
What is a metaphor comparing the band's sound to a storm, and Miss Thomas' singing to the sunshine.
500
The name given to Herman E. Calloway's home.
What is Grand Calloway Station?
500
This became Bud's stage name.
Who is Sleepy LaBone?
500
The reason Bud believed Herman E. Calloway was his father.
What are the flyers his mother left behind?
500
"Shoot, this ain't no city, this is just another cardboard jungle."
Who is Bugs?
500
They started acting like they were in school.
What is a simile comparing the band to students in a classroom?
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