Chapter 17 Bud, not Buddy

What does Bud pretend he is doing with the mop?

• He's cleaning
• he's part of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
• He's dancing with someone.
• He's playing the guitar

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Bud cleans very well.

• True
• False

Bud was impressed with 

• how nice Herman E. Calloway is
• the clean floor
• the wringer on the mop bucket
• how dirty the floor is

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What type of figurative language is the following phrase:
"Or it seemed like he was the thunder, soft and far away..."

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• hyperbole

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What type of figurative language is the following phrase:
"his toothpick jumping right along with his fingers."

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.6.4

The mood by the end of the chapter is

• gloomy
• irritated
• cheerful
• content

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Miss Thomas and Steady Eddie's saxophone went back and forth like

• a swing
• a fight
• a conversation
• a dance

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What is the theme?
1. Barry liked playing board games, but he hated losing. He hated losing so much that he would do whatever it took to win, even bending or breaking the rules. He'd steal money from the bank and hide it under the couch cushions. He'd skip spaces while he was moving around the board. He'd shortchange others money that they were owed and argue with them about it. Barry's techniques were effective. He did win most of the games that he played, but the people whom he played with were his friends and family, and it didn't take too long until they caught on to Barry's tricks. They tried to tell Barry to stop cheating. They said that the game wasn't any fun when he cheated, but he didn't listen. He continued with his treacherous style of gameplay, until nobody would play with him anymore. Barry may have won a lot of games, but at what cost?

• Practice, practice, practice
• You will make friends if you are good at cards.
• You should cheat if it makes you win.
• Winning isn't everything; cheaters never prosper.

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What is the theme??
It was Sean's first day at a new high school. Most of the students had been nice to him, until he got into gym class. The coach had assigned two captains, Mike and Malik, and they were picking teams from the boys in Sean's class. As Mike and Malik made their picks, it became pretty clear to Sean who was popular and who was not. Since Sean was short for his age, Mike and Malik just assumed that Sean could not play basketball. As Mike and Malik's choices dwindled, Sean still remained amongst an ever-slimming pool of struggling athletes. Now there were only two students left: Sean and another kid who seemed nice but was reading a book. Mike and Malik joked about who was going to get stuck with whom, and then Mike made his last pick. It was not Sean. Sean sighed and reluctantly joined Malik's team. As soon as the game began, Mike became aware of the error that he had made. Sean quickly stole the ball from him and ran it back for a layup. "The new kid got lucky," Mike remarked, but it soon became clear that Sean had more going for him than luck. What Sean lacked in height, he made up for in speed, and he continued to dominate the action on the court for the remainder of the game. With Sean's blazing speed and crazy crossovers, Malik's team devastated Mike's, and that was the only time that Sean would be last pick at that high school.

• Be nice to new kids.
• Do not judge a book by its cover; appearances can be deceiving; size isn't everything.
• Practice makes perfect.
• Friends are sometimes enemies.

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What is the theme?
Blaine opened up the present and began pouting. He screamed in a high-pitched voice, "This is Captain Thunder! I wanted Captain Lightning!" His mother looked at him with dismay and handed him another present, which he greedily opened. "Why did you get me a red hat? You know I like blue more," Blaine whined as he threw the hat across the room. His mother straightened her expression and squinted at him. Earlier she had hoped to take some pictures of this moment, but by now she had put away her camera. She sighed and handed him one more present in hopes that this year wouldn't be a total bust. Blaine huffed and opened it. "A Game Box 4000� wow. Where's the Game Box 5000 that I asked for?" His mother could bear his ingratitude no longer. The next time that Blaine returned from his father's house, he was shocked to find that all of these toys and gifts, along with many other of his things, had been generously donated to needy children.

•  Be thankful for the things that you receive.
• Be good and you will receive.
• You should always have a high goal.
• Be nice to others.

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