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The character of Bud can be best desribed as all of the following except...
a. mean
b. courageous
c. loyal
d. kind
a. mean
The conflict in this novel is basically between-
a. The jazz band and its competitors.
b. Bud and the outside world.
c. Herman Calloway and his daughter.
d. Bud and his mother.
b. Bud and the outside world.
Buds motivation for going to Grand Rapids is to...
a. find his mother.
b. look for his father.
c. find a job.
d. look for the librarian.
b. look for his father
Why did Bud sleep so well in the car and through that first night with Mr. Lewis?
a. He could finally relax because he was safe.
b. He was with someone who cared about him.
c. He was finally on his way to meet Herman E. Calloway.
d. All of the above.
d. All of the above.
How do the details about the Great Depression on page 205 contribute to the development of the plot?
a. By describing or readers that people had many hardships.
b. By helping readers form a mental image of Bud.
c. By providing an explanation for war.
d. By creating curiosity about the history of the country.
b. By describing for readers that people had many hardships.
Which of the following was not proof that Bud was related to Herman E. Calloway?
a. His blood type.
b. The stones.
c. The picture of his mother.
d. Herman's confession.
a. His blood type.
Why doesn't Bud want anyone calling him "Buddy"?
a. Buddy is a name when someone is being pretend.
b. Bud's mom insisted he be called Bud.
c. Buddy is a dog's name.
d. All of the above.
b. Bud's mom insisted he be called Bud.
The character of Herman Calloway is best described as all of the following except..
a. strict
b. proud
c. kind
d. ambitious
c. kind
There are several themes throughout the book, Bud Not Buddy. Which of these would NOT be a theme from that book?
a. Family bonds stay strong no matter how distant relationships may become.
b. Sometimes, lies aren't all bad, they can help protect people.
c. Even when things seem hopeless or challenging, perseverance will get you through that time and into a better place.
d. Getting revenge will not fix your problems.
d. Getting revenge will not fix your problems.
In chapter 14 on page 165, Herman E. Calloway said, "Sounds like a case of diarrhea of the mouth and constipation of the brain." What does this phrase tell the reader Calloway is thinking about Bud?
a. He wants Bud to leave.
b. He fears he is Bud's father.
c. He doesn't believe what Bud is saying.
d. He thinks Bud is sick.
C. He doesn't believe what Bud is saying.
At the end of the story, Bud discovers-
a. A friendly orphanage.
b. His mother.
c. His grandfather.
d. His father.
c. His grandfather.
Which line from the text best supports the idea that he stones were important to Herman E. Calloway?
a. After a bunch more grunts he said, "Make yourself useful, boy, and hand me this one."
"This what, sir?"
This stone, this one."
b. " Those stones that he picks up everywhere he performs are for her." She must have been four or five years old, the band was getting ready to travel to Chicago for a week and before he left he asked her what she wanted him to bring back for her. "A wock, daddy, bring me back a wock from Chicago."
c. The only thing I could tell is that he'd picked the perfect throwing rock, the exact kind I'd use if I was about to chuck someone in the head.
c.
d.
b. " Those stones that he picks up everywhere he performs are for her." She must have been four or five years old, the band was getting ready to travel to Chicago for a week and before he left he asked her what she wanted him to bring back for her. "A wock, daddy, bring me back a wock from Chicago."
On page 15, Mrs. Amos says, "I do know I shall not allow vermin to attack my poor baby in his own house." What are vermin?
a. Dishonest person.
b. Orphaned children.
c. Man- eating beasts.
d. Disease- carrying animals.
d. Disease- carrying animals.
What does the figurative language on pages 91 & 92 reveal about Bud?
"It's funny how ideas are, in a lot of ways they're just like seeds. Both of them start real small and then...woop, zoop, sloop... before you can say Jack Robinson they've gone and grown a lot bigger than you ever thought they could."
a. Bud likes baseball.
b. Bud likes to make up words.
c. Bud likes to think deeply about things.
d. Bud doesn't understand English very well.
c. Bud likes to think deeply about things.
How does this paragraph from chapter 15 contribute to the structure of the story? "Now Bus," Miss Thomas said, "this is what we call Grand Calloway Station. " She parked the car in front of a big house and got out so I grabbed my suitcase from the backseat and jumped out too.
a. It states the theme of the story.
b. It establishes a conflict in the story.
c. It changes the setting in the story.
d. It shows the resolution to a conflict in the story.
c. It changes the setting in the story.
Which type of figurative language is NOT used in this sentence from chapter 14? Then she started humming again and with my ear mashed up against her chest it felt like my bones and muscles quit doing their jobs, it felt like something as big as a steam locomotive engine was chug-chug-chugging right past my ear.
a. Onomatopoeia
b. Simile
c. Personification
d. Idiom
d. Idiom
Why is this excerpt so important to the plot of the story?
"The names Caldwell and Calloway are alot alike, both of them have eight letters and there aren't to many names that have a C, a A, A, L, and a W all together like that. I remembered what I read in that Little-Big Book Gangbusters. It is said a good criminal chooses an alias that's kind of close to their own name."
a. It explains that Bud likes to analyze letters and figure out codes.
b. It shows that Bud reads a lot.
c. It established that Bud knows a lot about criminals and they pick an alias.
d. It provides a connection that Bud makes with his mother's name that may lead him to his father.
d. It provides a connection that Bud makes with his mother's name that may lead him to his father.
"Quick as anything I locked the door and crawled over to the driver's side of the car and pulled that door closed and locked it just as the vampire reached for the handle to get in."
Which statement best supports Bud's claim abut Lefty Lewis in that statement?
a. "The only kind of people who would carry human blood around in a car were vampires."
b. "If I kept things like this up I would knock Baby Face Nelson off the FBI's ten most wanted list."
c. "I'm going back to Grand Rapids tomorrow, I'll send a telegram to your folks and then take you back."
d."If he would've let go of my arm for just one second I would've run like the devil was chasing me."
a. "The only kind of people who would carry human blood around in a car were vampires."
What does the simile on p 10 suggest?
"He started huffing and puffing with his eyes bucking out of his head and his chest going up and down so hard it looked like some kind of big animal was inside of him trying to burst out."
a. Bud has lost his temper during a fight with Todd.
b. Todd has lost his temper during a fight with Bud.
c. Todd thinks Bud looks dreadful while fighting him.
d. Bud thinks he should be fierce to scare Todd away.
b. Todd has lost his temper during a fight with Bud.
Read these quotes from the text. Which theme do these quotes support?
He said, "But nothing. Line's closed. These here folks are the last ones. It was time to start lying. If I didn't get any food now I'd have to steal something out of someone's garbage or I wouldn't be able to eat until the mission opened for supper."
AND
I got ready to say, " My name's not Clarence and please don't choke me sir, I'll leave," but as soon as I opened my mouth he gave my head a shake and said, "I told you to hurry back, now where you been?" He gave me a shove and said, "Get back in line with your momma."
a. Sometimes, lies aren't all bad, they can help protect people.
b. Even when things seem hopeless or challenging, perseverance will get you through that time and into a better place.
c. Getting revenge will not fix your problems.
d. Family bonds stay strong no matter how distant relationships may become.
a. Sometimes, lies aren't all bad, they can help protect people.