Bud, Not Buddy Study Guide Quiz

The story is told in a first person narrative by...

• Mrs. Caldwell

• Bud Caldwell

• Herman E. Calloway

• Jerry Clark

How many times has Bud been sent to live in foster homes?

• five

• three

• only once

• four

When did Bud’s mother die?

• Christmas, 1936

• Summer of 1932

• When Bud was six years old

• both b and c

Why does Bud always have to check his suitcase?

• The lock is bad on the suitcase because it’s so old.

• Bud is a neat freak who has to make sure his clothes are properly organized.

• He is always kicking around his suitcase and it gets messy.

• All of his prized possessions that remind him of his mom are in the suitcase.

Why doesn’t Bud go back to the Home after he left the Amos’s house?

• He feels the Home has been getting too crowded.

• He heard Mrs. Amos is now working at the Home.

• He doesn’t want to be at the Home without Jerry.

• He is afraid of getting beat up by a bully at the Home.

Use context clues in the following quote to determine meaning. “You little cur, what have you done to Toddy?” In this sentence the word cur means...

• cute child

• cuddly furry friend

• a surly or cowardly fellow

• a playful child

Bud’s favorite saying is, “He who laughs last laughs best.” This idiom is about...

• being happy

• helping others

• the satisfaction of revenge

• telling a good joke

What can you infer about Bud from the following quote? “Here we go again. I felt like I was walking in my sleep as I followed Jerry back to the room where all the boys’ beds were jim-jammed together. This was the third foster home I was going to and I’m used to packing up and leaving, but it still surprises me that there are always a few seconds, right after they tell you you’ve got to go, when my throat gets all choky and my eyes get all stingy” (Curtis 3).

• Bud is completely upset about having to leave the foster home.

• Bud isn’t fazed at all that he has to leave the foster home.

• Bud still gets emotional about having to leave because he’s worried about where he might go next.

• None of the above

What can you infer about the setting of the story based on the following quote? “I know you don’t understand what is means, but there’s a depression going on all over this country. People can’t find jobs and these are very, very difficult times for everybody” (Curtis 2).

• The depression was a time that was difficult for everyone because no one had money.

• The depression only affected people of color.

• The depression was an easy time to find jobs.

• It is dark and dangerous during this time.

What type of figurative language is being used in the first sentence of the following quote? “I looked out to see what she was talking about. The only thing I could see was the moon like a big egg yolk way up in the sky. You could hear the water and the sound of the mouth organ man playing a sad song back in Hooverville. I sneaked a peek of Deza’s dimple” (Curtis 75).

• metaphor

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• idiom