Bud, Not Buddy Review (Whole Book)

Bud missed the train he was chasing because

• he twisted his ankle and could not run

• he slowed down to save the blue flyer

• a man pushed him down from behind

• a policeman grabbed him by his collar

The picture Miss Thomas gave Bud was very special because

• there was a place to put a picture of himself

• both of his parents were in the picture

• the eyes seemed always to be looking at him

• it was the last picture taken before his mom died

Bud wanted to escape from the man in the car when Bud saw

• another child crying in the backseat

• door handles missing on the inside

• a box of blood on the front seat

• a bloody knife on the driver's floor

When Bud showed Mr. Calloway the rocks with writing on them, Mr. Calloway thought that

• Bud had written on them

• they should be thrown out

• some letters had worn off

• Bud stole them from him

How did Bugs and Bud become brothers?

• They joined a family traveling south

• They were adopted by Amoses

• They made a blood pact together

• They swapped spit in a handshake

Mrs. Sleet felt sorry for Bud because

• he was thin and his clothes were ragged

• he needed a haircut and a hot bath

• he did not have any money to pay for his meals

• he had been injured in an automobile accident

Steady Eddie asked Bud if he was attached to his suitcase because

• it had been borrowed and needed to be returned

• he wanted to replace it with an old saxophone case

• one of the band members had left it behind

• there was no room for it in the car

Bud's mother made it clear that Bud was not to be called Buddy because

• Bud was a family name

• he was named after his father

• Buddy was a dog's name

• kids might make fun of him

When Bud went upstairs to his room to retrieve the picture of his mother, he was surprised

• to learn that Miss Thomas was his aunt

• to discover that his picture was missing

• to see his suitcase opened on the bed

• to find Herman E. Calloway crying

Mrs. Amos wanted Bud to sleep in the shed because

• her son had hurt Bud

• she was testing Bud

• Bud had hit her son

• Bud acted like a dog